Kaboom Classics: Dollywood

100 minutes

Dollywood, the legendary Dutch stop-motion studio

Kaboom Classics: Dollywood

This programme provides an exclusive look behind-the-scenes of Dollywood, the legendary Dutch puppet film studio. Dollywood was one of the major animation studios in The Netherlands in the 1940s-1970s and made hundreds of television and cinema commercials for international audiences, many of which won prizes. In recent years, Eye Filmmuseum invested in the restoration and digitisation of not only the Dollywood film collection, but also preserved a unique collection of photos and original puppets and props. A selection of these beautiful archival objects will be showcased during Kaboom. The films have been selected by three special guests, who will also be present during the screening: Louise Geesink, daughter of Joop Geesink, the studios founding father; Arie den Draak, great connoisseur of Geesink's oeuvre, and Leenke Ripmeester, curator at Eye Filmmuseum.

Program curator: Mette Peters.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2023

Showing in this program

Allarme Per Venere

Allarme Per Venere

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1955

De brandweer rukt uit om het haar van een vrouw onder de loep te nemen. Ze blijkt last te hebben van roos! Maar brillantine van het merk Tricogen doet wonderen.
Firefighters arrive to examine a woman's hair. She appears to be suffering from dandruff! But Brillantine from the Tricogen brand works wonders.

Ballantine Brewer’s Gold Ale: Stage Coach

Ballantine Brewer’s Gold Ale: Stage Coach

  • Henk Kabos
  • The Netherlands, 1957
Beech-Nut: Animals

Beech-Nut: Animals

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1962
Bellezza Femminile

Bellezza Femminile

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1952
  • 2 min.

Als een vrouw niet ten dans wordt gevraagd in de dancing wendt ze zich tot dr. Faust. Gelukkig krijgt ze daar hulp van mr. Satana en zijn Super-Iride kledingverf om haar grauwe kleding op te frissen.
When a woman is not asked to dance at the dance hall, she turns to Dr. Faust. Fortunately, there she gets help from Mr. Satana and his Super-Iride clothing dye to freshen up her drab clothes.

Dutchy: A Dream Comes True

Dutchy: A Dream Comes True

  • Jan Coolen
  • The Netherlands, 1955
  • 10 min.
Fifty Pairs of Hands for One Single Frame

Fifty Pairs of Hands for One Single Frame

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1961
  • 10 min.
Heinz Ketchup: Vice President

Heinz Ketchup: Vice President

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1961
Life is Nothing without Philips

Life is Nothing without Philips

  • Henk Kabos
  • The Netherlands, 1960
  • 8 min.
Piccolo, Saxo and Company

Piccolo, Saxo and Company

  • Jan Coolen
  • The Netherlands, 1960
  • 13 min.
Player’s Cigarettes: Pleasure Revived

Player’s Cigarettes: Pleasure Revived

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1960
  • 2 min.
Prince Electron

Prince Electron

  • Jószef Misik
  • The Netherlands, 1956
  • 12 min.
Queen’s Beer: Far West Post

Queen’s Beer: Far West Post

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1953
  • 2 min.
Star of the Screen

Star of the Screen

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1953
  • 2 min.

Een filmploeg treft voorbereiding op de filmset. Het licht en de camera's staan klaar zodat de ster aan zijn optreden kan beginnen. Een reclamefilm gemaakt met unieke 3D-filmtechniek: ‘Philips-projectoren ontworpen voor elke toekomstige trend in film reproductie'.
A film crew is preparing the film set, the light and the camera’s for the star to begin his performance. An advertising film made in a unique 3D film technique: 'Philips Projectors designed for every future trend in film reproduction'