Popcorn (1931) [N/A]
Featuring:
Margie Hines
Written by:
Paul Terry
Directed by:
Frank Moser
Release Date:
January 11, 1931
Original Title:
Popcorn
Genres:
Animation
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 6
A Terrytoons cartoon released 11 January 1931.
It's another Terry festival of cats against the mice in large numbers. I think that Walt Disney, who is said to have started suing other purveyors of cartoon mice about this time, did his competitors a favor. "Stop imitating me! Find something you can do well!" Even given the fact that this is exactly the sort of cartoon that Terry had been making since about 1920 for van Beuren, it comes off pretty well. For me, the years when Terry was releasing through Educational were his best. His staff experimented. They turned out some cartoons for adults. Here they play around with grey gradients that give a beautiful shimmer to this one -- or perhaps they always did that, but the print use for this transfer to the Cartoon Research site is in better shape than most of the others.Whatever the reasons, this cartoon, set at a beach side amusement park, is pretty good. A lot of it is set in the "Haunted House" and so this is a fine cartoon for a Halloween show, if your tastes run that way.
