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суббота, 15 марта 2014 г.

012 Poor Little Me

Tittle: "Poor Little Me"
Release year: 1935
Series: Happy Harmonies
Directed by Hugh Harman (uncredited)
Produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising

Story: Bunnies, turtles, and other small woodland animals play. A skunk sits apart, singing "I ain't got nobody" and mopes his way home. His mother, Mrs. O. Dora Skunk, sings of her love to her large brood. That's enough for them, but not for our hero, Stinky. He spots a hairbrush and decides that's all he needs to do; he dashes out, and everyone runs away (including a turtle who apparently discovered his inner turbo-charger). A girl bunny with a cold finds Stinky's hat and returns it to him. They play: he pushes her on a swing. This attracts a bobcat with a black stereotype voice.

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 My rating: 2 stars.  Cat's deisgn is a little weird, looks like a Bakshi-esque character. The story can be a little bit better. It's like a Harman style to make a 11-minutes long cartoon. In general, the cartoon looks better than the previous ones, but still weak.

среда, 12 марта 2014 г.

006 Hey-Hey Fever


Tittle: "Hey-Hey Fever"
Release year: 1935
Series: Happy Harmonies
Characters: Bosko, Bruno
Directed by Hugh Harman (uncredited)
Starring: Carman Maxwell, Billy Bletcher (uncredited)
Produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising

Story (IMDB): Bosko falls asleep at a sign promoting Mother Goose bread, and Mother Goose characters come to life in Great Depression-like era.

My rating: 2 stars.
I like animation in it with some really nice camera shots. It can be a much better cartoon, but terrible singing and voice acting (I barely understand what they're saying) makes this short unwatchable.

Trivia:

*The last cartoon featuring original, blackface Bosko.
* Is this Bosko actually dead, because of starving in real life?

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 Ted Lewis impression:








вторник, 11 марта 2014 г.

003 Tale of the Vienna Woods

Tittle: Tale of the Vienna Woods 
Release year: 1934
Series: Happy Harmonies
Director: Hugh Harman (uncredited)
Producers: Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising

Story(IMDB): The delightfully animated adventure of a faun and a satyr who is only animate during daylight.

My rating: 2 stars

Triria:
* First MGM's Harman-Ising's cartoon to be released under Production Code.
* Features live-action introduction and closing.
* Artist Mel Shaw, who worked on H-I at this time, used the idea of dogs chasing faun while writing his part of Disney's "Bambi" (1942) story.

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002 The Old Pioneer


Tittle: The Old Pioneer 
Release year: 1934
Series: Happy Harmonies
Director: Rudolf Ising (uncredited)
Producers: Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising


Storyline (IMDB): An old man tells a newsboy about his adventures with Native Americans in the Old West.

 My rating: 2 stars




                                                 Ted Lewis (1920s-1930s singer) impression