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Celebrity Home Entertainment (also known as simply Celebrity Video), founded by
Noel C. Bloom Noel Christopher Bloom Sr. (born November 5, 1942) is an American businessman from Los Angeles. He is notable for founding the entertainment and home video companies such as Artisan Entertainment, Family Home Entertainment, Celebrity Home Entertai ...
in 1987, was a home video distributor specializing in mostly obscure material from around the world, as well as B-grade action films and softcore adult fare. They also distributed some material that was very popular at the time of its original release, including ''
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'', ''
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'', '' COPS'' and the 1987 ''G.I. Joe'' movie. It was formed after he left
International Video Entertainment Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company. It was considered one of the largest mini-major film studios until ...
, which was sold off to
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in 1986. In 1987, the company offered the rights to the Video Gems catalog for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, but the company had withdrawn the offer after a lawsuit last week. They were perhaps best known (such as they were) for their "Just for Kids" imprint. This imprint offered child-oriented and/or animated material broadcast on television in the
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as well as English-language versions of foreign programming and original acquisitions. Among their most notable offerings were Japanese
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, such as the
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/ TMS joint productions ''
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'' and ''
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'' (''The Secret of the Seal''). European productions distributed on this label included the French animated series ''
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'', the
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'', Jannik Hastrup's ''
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'', ''Vuk'' (''The Little Fox''), ''Bibifoc'' (''
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''), and the Dutch-produced ''
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''. Some Russian productions had also found release through the company, including '' The Adventures of Buratino'' (released as ''The All New Adventures of Pinocchio'') and ''
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'' (released as ''Maria & Marabella''). At launch, other two labels were established by Celebrity, which are Feature Creatures, devoted to sci-fi fare and Let's Party, which was devoted to "upbeat, one-of-a-kind" titles. At that time, some of former IVE and
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employees have been defected to Celebrity. In addition to their animated offerings, the company licensed a share of Japanese
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productions (all dubbed by
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), including five of the eight entries of
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's ''
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'' films from the
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. However, most of these productions reflected the times, being edited to reflect U.S. broadcast standards. Further, some, though not all, TV series releases were edited into one or two compilation films (ex: the aforementioned ''Clémentine'', plus ''Wee Wendy'') (''Tongari Boushi no Memoru''). Some series were never even finished, and the videos themselves usually only contained selected episodes. The "Just for Kids" videos were hosted by Noel C. Bloom's son, Noel Bloom Jr. Celebrity Home Entertainment filed for bankruptcy protection in 1991, and it closed down completely in 2001. All of their releases are now out of print (although some can still be bought new), while some has been reprinted by other companies; for example, ''The All New Adventures of Pinocchio'' was re-released on VHS and DVD by Warner Home Video and ''The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin'' is currently distributed by Feature Films for Families. Bloom's son, Noel Bloom Jr. made appearances in the beginning of every Celebrity Home Entertainment video, giving advice to the viewers on how to adjust the tracking on the TV. He also made appearances in giving introductions to the upcoming previews of the videos.


Media distributed by Celebrity Home Entertainment


Other companies founded by Noel C. Bloom

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Artisan Entertainment Artisan Entertainment (formerly known as U.S.A. Home Video, International Video Entertainment (IVE) and LIVE Entertainment) was an American film studio and home video company. It was considered one of the largest mini-major film studios until ...
- Founded in 1981 as
Family Home Entertainment Family Home Entertainment (FHE) was an American home video company founded in 1980 by Noel C. Bloom. It was a division of International Video Entertainment, which had its headquarters in Newbury Park, California. History The company was founde ...
; changed its name to International Video Entertainment (IVE), then changed again to LIVE Entertainment Co., and in 1998 to Artisan. Operating as a subsidiary of
Lionsgate Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, doing business as Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment company. It was formed by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is currently headquartered ...
as of 2003. *
Caballero Home Video Caballero Home Video is an American pornographic film studio, based in Canoga Park, California founded by Noel C. Bloom. It was previously known as Caballero Control Corporation.Jennings, p.180 The company was founded in 1974, making it one of the ...
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Monterey Home Video Monterey Media Inc. (formerly The Monterey Movie Company) started as a home video company founded in 1982 by Scott Mansfield. It was initially financed by Noel C. Bloom, and the titles were distributed by the Family Home Entertainment subsidiary o ...


References


External links


A list of every title that the company ever released; also includes non-"Just For Kids" titles
(from the
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)
Reviews of a number of "Just For Kids" anime titles
(last updated in October 2010) {{Authority control Home video companies of the United States Entertainment companies based in California Entertainment companies established in 1987 Mass media companies disestablished in 2001 Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1991 1987 establishments in California 2001 disestablishments in California Defunct companies based in California