Cultoons
Once Upon a Time (2x6)
Udgivelsesdato: Jan 01, 1936
Once Upon A Time (1936, 9:02) surprisingly gets a touch of ridicule in the included commentary track on this disc, but taken in context for who it was made for (a commercial for another insurance company), it actually turned out no worse than any other moral message short of the time, and the Technicolor values give it a sheen it otherwise wouldn’t have had. The short’s title takes its cue from its fairytale land setting, wherein the disruptive Discourtesy and Carelessness, looking a little like the Germs from the Iwerks cartoon above, come to wreck havoc by causing the collision of many a storybook character’s cars. It’s true that Once Upon A Time is simply drawn, but it is fully animated and contains enough touches that should garner it a little more respect than it apparently has. Certainly it’s the most outright entertaining selection here and, besides, the superlative score and catchy song has remained in my head for days, so in my book the cartoon works!
- Premieret: Jan 1928
- Afsnit: 38
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