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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the company offered the rights to the Video Gems catalog for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, but the company had withdrawn the offer after a lawsuit. They were perhaps best known for their Just for Kids Home Video 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. Some, though not all, TV series releases were edited into one or two compilation films. Early titles in this imprint were introduced by Bloom's son Noel Bloom Jr., who would remind viewers to adjust the tracking, or tell them how to win a free video. At launch, two other labels were established by Celebrity: Feature Creatures, devoted to sci-fi fare, and Let's Party, devoted to "upbeat, one-of-a-kind" titles. At that time, some of former

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employees have been defected to Celebrity. Celebrity Home Entertainment filed for bankruptcy protection in 1991, and it closed down completely in 2002. All of their releases are now out of print, while some have been reprinted by other companies.

Media distributed by Celebrity Home Entertainment

Just for Kids Home Video

Celebrity Video

Let's Party Home Video

Celebrity's Feature Creatures

Other companies founded by Noel C. Bloom

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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 Former Lionsgate subsidiaries Home video companies of the United States Entertainment companies based in California Entertainment companies established in 1987 Mass media companies disestablished in 2002 Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1991 1987 establishments in California 2002 disestablishments in California Defunct companies based in California