Cultoons

Family Album (2x3)

Data de estreia: Jan 01, 1930

Family Album (1930, 10:06) is a sequel of sorts, or at least a follow up, to Finding His Voice, seeing the return of Talkie the soundtrack filmstrip after we’ve been exploring his family tree by way of his ancestor, the talking telephone, or Tel E Phone as he’s playfully credited. Again created for Western Electric to promote their audio achievements, the film wasn’t animated at the Fleischers’ this time around, and counts Paul Terry among the crew. The cartoon is simpler to look at, more static and drags more, even though it’s not a lecture like the earlier picture and there is actually greater character interaction and more going on. Though there are several animation shortcuts taken here as opposed to the Fleischers’ non-skimped on approach, it remains enjoyable enough and does contain one great title pun.