Review of Stormy Seas

Stormy Seas (1932)
8/10
Some truly scary visual gags make this an entertaining, fascinating short.
5 November 2003
This is an entertaining Flip the Frog. Flip is more or less just a prop to bounce gags off, with inanimate objects showing more personality then our putative hero does, most of the time anyway. Some truly scary scenes, including a truly malevolent looking Father Neptune (or Poseidon to those Grecophiles among you) in one sequence (listen very closely during this sequence for a hilarious single word cry for help) makes this short a cut or two above most Flip cartoons. One comment in general about Flip's social life: sometimes you see Flip dating a cat, or pursuing her, as he does here. Sometimes, he's dating a human female (rather pretty, Betty Boopish clone, usually),while at last one has him married to an older woman who shows up as a landlord or other minor character. Is a puzzlement. At any rate, a very good cartoon and very much worth watching. Recommended.
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