Not sure if mentioned but Hot Chocolate Soldiers from the 1934 film Hollyood Party is one of my favourites. Heres the link,
http://youtu.be/6AQMMNeckb4
http://youtu.be/6AQMMNeckb4
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This is absolutely sublime -- One Second From Every Warner Bros. Cartoon from 1929 thru 1969.
When I'm dictator, my state-run media will consist entirely of this compilation, looped, forever.
That's fantastic. And people complain about violent cartoons these days. Except these weren't made for kids.
"As an animator myself I hate to say, but as far as the animation of cartoons pre mid 30s, I find a lot of the animation unwatchable. I prefer to see my characters animated with weight, and after the principles came to be widely adopted, you see a much better storytelling via the character's movements as opposed to simple visual cues. To me, that's when the characters became characters and not simply these drawings that people watched."
I can partially (or mostly) agree with that. Some of the early stuff is good, such as Felix, as mentioned above, but a lot of it is almost intolerable. Even when we were five years old we would groan when they showed a "Farmer Al Falfa" cartoon on TV. Those were devoid of any redeeming social value, as were a lot of the others of that sort. Just "moving" images with no personality at all... If a five-year-old can tell it's bad - it's *bad*.
Those Paramount "bouncing ball" cartoons are the direct descendants of the Fleischer "Screen Songs", which were developed in the silent era, but hit their stride with the coming of talkiesCan't believe how long this thread has been idle! Time to dust off those cobwebs again! How about some food themed cartoons from the Noveltoon series,"Shortnin Bread" (1949) and Candy Cabaret (1954) Anybody remember the old bouncing ball cartoons made by Paramounts Famous Studios, the same studio that made Popeye and Little Lulu cartoons? As for the tunes, Shortnin Bread is that tune I always heard Bugs Bunny sing but never knew the name, quite catchy I must say! The 2nd is an updated version of "Ain't She Sweet" fitting the candy theme!
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