The Brementown Musicians (1935)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Mildly entertaining short from Ub Iwerks has a cat, a dog, a rooster and a donkey forming a singing group where they are every bit as awful as you'd expect. If you watch enough Iwerks' shorts from this period you will see that the stories have always been rather weak but the animation would make up for that. This here is one of the more pleasant films because the characters are rather likable and the story itself is rather cute if predictable. There's no question that Iwerks once again delivers a great looking film with the characters wonderfully drawn. I'd also argue that the film manages to have some fun moments at the expense of the underdog characters. There's certainly nothing ground-breaking here but it's a nice little film.