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Man of Tin (1940) [N/A]

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Featuring:
Mel Blanc

Written by:
Allen Rose

Directed by:
Allen Rose


Release Date:
February 23, 1940

Original Title:
Man of Tin

Genres:
Animation

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 7

Overview from TheMovieDB

This was a Columbia cartoon starring the human boy Scrappy in which the leading character is an assistant to a mad scientist character who creates a robot but despite electrifying him, the robot won't work.

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Overview from Open Movies

This was a Columbia cartoon starring the human boy Scrappy in which the leading character is an assistant to a mad scientist character who creates a robot but despite electrifying him, the robot won't work. As the scientist cries, Scrappy goes inside the robot's body and ends up controlling him. The scientist, not knowing the boy was inside, then enters the robot in a boxing match...As you can discern from my synopsis, there's not too much logic here though the animation is mostly fine and there was some amusements like when the human boxer that's fighting the robot does an uncanny impersonation of Curly of The Three Stooges whose live-action shorts were also made by Columbia. I also liked when Scrappy made the robot say, "I forfeit." So on that note, Man of Tin is worth a look.

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Rankings and Honors

Man of Tin (1940) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 4.4/10

Performers

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Production

Animation:
Harry Love

Director:
Allen Rose

Editor:
George Winkler

Music:
Joe DeNat

Production Manager:
James Bronis

Story:
Allen Rose

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