Archive for the ‘30's’ Category
Monkey Business - Harpo Playing the Harp
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How can you not love Harpo? Next to Groucho, he is obviously the second in command of their chaotic, crazy, and out of control films. Plus he doesn’t speak and is a wonderfully subtle master of the harp in this bit. In the end, well it all just adds up. |
So Quiet On The Canine Front
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Yep, I’ve got another zany black and white film from the 1930’s featuring dogs as people. Only this time, it means war. Dogs in biplanes….GENIUS!!!! |
The Dogway Melody - Queenie In Trouble
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Ok, well maybe we Americans can also turn out some pure weirdness on our own, and we have been doing it since as far back as 1930. I had never even heard of The Dogway Melody until just this week. |
My Green Fedora
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I can remember being stuck in bed, sick on a really gloomy day as a kid and I saw this on one of those daytime cartoon shows that ran on TBS back in the day. It really cheered me up then and it still does to this day…plus the tune is really catchy. |
Honeyland
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A totally typical Rudolf Ising toon from the 30’s that is really almost a stereotype of the animated shorts released at that time. It really is a total formula piece, but somehow it still has a nice look to it. |
Porky in Wackyland
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In 1994 this classic black and white cartoon was voted #8 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time and then later in 2000, it was deemed “culturally significant” by the United States Library of Congress. |