Shamus Culhane

Al Eugster

Ub Iwerks

The Brementown Musicians

This is what could have been.....

You should note that this is a traditional cartoon--NOT a stop- action film like the photo on IMDb would suggest.

This is a much, much better than average cartoon from Ub Iwerks. Iwerks had been employed by Disney and much of the responsibility for the studio&apos;s early success AND Mickey Mouse was due to Iwerks. Not surprisingly, he wanted to go off on his own and own his own studio. The results were VERY spotty...with a few very nice cartoons and quite a few that have aged very poorly. While the animation often was lovely, the stories were weak and filled with cutesy characters and singing--the same thing many of the studios did and the main reason that during the 30s Fleischer and Disney were the two premier cartoon makers!

This cartoon, however, is very different. The singing is important to the plot and works fine. The characters and story are also very strong. It&apos;s too bad more of Iwerks&apos; color cartoons based on Nursery Rhymes and traditional fairy tales weren&apos;t more like this one. It&apos;s beautifully animated and tells the story well...very well.

The story is about an angry old farmer. Some of his anger is understandable--his dog is lazy and won&apos;t protect the chickens and the cat is being beaten up by the mice! But the farmer is awful and mistreats his rooster and donkey. So the four animals run away and try to make a living singing for their supper. I liked the singing...none of the humans in the film did! So what&apos;s next? See the film...it&apos;s well worth it.

You should note that this is a traditional cartoon--NOT a stop- action film like the photo on IMDb would suggest.

This is a much, much better than average cartoon from Ub Iwerks. Iwerks had been employed by Disney and much of the responsibility for the studio's early success AND Mickey Mouse was due to Iwerks. Not surprisingly, he wanted to go off on his own and own his own studio. The results were VERY spotty...with a few very nice cartoons and quite a few that have aged very poorly. While the animation often was lovely, the stories were weak and filled with cutesy characters and singing--the same thing many of the studios did and the main reason that during the 30s Fleischer and Disney were the two premier cartoon makers!

This cartoon, however, is very different. The singing is important to the plot and works fine. The characters and story are also very strong. It's too bad more of Iwerks' color cartoons based on Nursery Rhymes and traditional fairy tales weren't more like this one. It's beautifully animated and tells the story well...very well.

The story is about an angry old farmer. Some of his anger is understandable--his dog is lazy and won't protect the chickens and the cat is being beaten up by the mice! But the farmer is awful and mistreats his rooster and donkey. So the four animals run away and try to make a living singing for their supper. I liked the singing...none of the humans in the film did! So what's next? See the film...it's well worth it.

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