Cultoons

Out of the Milk Bottle (2x4)

Data de estreia: Jan 01, 1928

Out Of The Milk Bottle (1928/30-34, 5:51) has a title surely inspired by the wildly popular Out Of The Inkwell series, and was also released under the auspices of The American Dairy Association as Skinny And Husky In A Day At Coney Island. The apparent long production time actually refers to a sound reissue that changed some footage and added extra shots, which is the version we get here, with its original soundtrack even though voices are barely synchronised. Produced (cheaply!) by Jam Handy for Sheffield Milk, this is a commercial masquerading as a short, though none the less entertaining for it. The message is, naturally, to drink your milk, presumably of the sponsoring manufacturer’s kind, and it’s conveyed by having the one lone kid who is always tired and never joins in the fun on a trip to Coney Island, eventually pepped up and sprightly after gulping down the white stuff (yep, I’m sure that’s not just a euphemism either)!