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The Merry Old Soul (1933) [NR]

Featuring:
Tex Avery, Walter Lantz

Written by:
Walter Lantz

Directed by:
Walter Lantz, William Nolan


Release Date:
November 26, 1933

Original Title:
The Merry Old Soul

Genres:
Animation

Production Companies:
Walter Lantz Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 8

Overview from TheMovieDB

Oswald the Rabbit gathers some of the greatest entertainers of the age to cure Old King Cole of the blues.

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Overview from Open Movies

Oswald is at the dentist. A tooth being pulled hangs on tight. Just then, the radio reports "Old King Cole has the blues" and Oswald races off in his car. He gathers up a collection of comics: Charles Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, etc. At the castle, they start singing off-kilter versions of Mother Goose rhymes, with Al Jolson in a blackface routine, and the king is quickly cheered up. Laurel & Hardy haul in a large pile of pies, and an all-out fight breaks out. The jester, who has been getting jealous of Oswald, kidnaps him during the fight and hauls him into a dungeon, submitting him to various tortures, where we discover that the real torture has been the dentist pulling the tooth all along.

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Rankings and Honors

The Merry Old Soul (1933) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.9/10
Awards Won: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

Production

Animation:
Les Kline
Fred Kopietz
Manuel Moreno
Ernest Smythe
George Grandpré

Director:
Walter Lantz
William Nolan

Original Music Composer:
James Dietrich

Producer:
Walter Lantz

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