Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising wanted to be Walt Disney, and they had the contract with MGM to pay for it. The trouble was, despite their technical proficiency and ability to pay for the best, they persisted in making cartoons of such unremitting puerility that more than eighty years later I can only wonder at their insipidity.
I guess Louis Mayer thought it was time that MGM won an Oscar for animation, and this was the least revolting one the Academy could come up with.
The Technicolor is lovely, and Rudy Ising began to direct cartoons that were amusing. Harman never got the memo.
I guess Louis Mayer thought it was time that MGM won an Oscar for animation, and this was the least revolting one the Academy could come up with.
The Technicolor is lovely, and Rudy Ising began to direct cartoons that were amusing. Harman never got the memo.