Unpredictable as Weather (Part 12)
A mixed bag of stormy offerings today from 1938, with heavy doses from Disney and Warner Brothers, and a side-dish from Terrytoons and Columbia.
A mixed bag of stormy offerings today from 1938, with heavy doses from Disney and Warner Brothers, and a side-dish from Terrytoons and Columbia.
1937 provided another eventful year for cartoon extremes of weather and climate conditions, though not necessarily tracking any similar events in the real world.
This week’s forecasts are predominated by the beginnings of the true Looney Tunes spirit.
By late 1935 and 1936, color was beginning to rule when it came to cartoons emphasizing spectacle and special effects.
We resume our survey of animated weather disasters in 1935, beginning with a landmark film well-remembered.
It’s El Niño season in the animated world, as heavy rain and snow appear to dominate.
Mickey, Cubby, Oswald, Terrytoons dogs, and a couple of chances to follow the bouncing ball leave our casts weather-beaten and with a stormy disposition.
It is said that everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it. Not so of our toons.
Animation was growing in sophistication, with many of these downpours depicted quite elaborately – some even in color.
Cartoons struggle against storms, this week including Fleischer’s Bimbo, Charles Mintz’s Toby the Pup, Ub Iwerks’ Flip the Frog, and Van Buren’s Tom and Jerry.