Two Little Pups (1936) Poster

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6/10
If a person's home is as good as a castle . . .
cricket305 October 2019
Warning: Spoilers
. . . then their garden constitutes their Own Private Idaho Potato--that is, their Own Private Homeland. Viewers would never recognize this Truism watching TWO LITTLE PUPS. While some reviewers may see these mangy mongrel miscreants as "playful youngsters," commentators of this ilk obviously have never slaved over a summer garden. Try hoeing, planting, fertilizing, watering, weeding, and reaping an acre or two without even the guarantee of a meager harvest, and THEN see how much you enjoy TWO LITTLE PUPS! This sobering cartoon finds mayhem-making mutts smashing a bushel of newly harvested tomatoes. Not content with causing this substantial amount of damage, the riotous rovers go on to destroy an entire row of catsup fruit on the vine. Next the Fiendish Fido's mangle a ripe juicy watermelon, and soon go on to pulverize a pile of potatoes. After wiping out a flower bed adjacent to the garden, the crazy curs branch out to muddy the homeowners' laundry on the porch. The fact that these nefarious TWO LITTLE PUPS are still alive after nearly eight minutes of vegetable carnage can mean only one thing: This gardener is so poor they won't have anything to eat and sustain them through the upcoming winter, since they lack the cash to acquire a firearm to stymie the TWO LITTLE PUPS from Hell!. Therefore, after you cringe through a viewing of TWO LITTLE PUPS, please don't forget to support your local chapter of BANGS (Broke Americans Need Gun Stamps)!
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4/10
The Whistler And His Dog
boblipton5 October 2019
Scott Bradley uses several themes for the score, commencing with Arthur Pryor's "The Whistler and His Dog" in this sentimental cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising.

It is a very cute cartoon, which is the main reason it does not appeal to me. My taste runs far more towards sharp humor, and the rounded character design, impeccable though it is, contributes to my dislike. Technically, it is irreproachable. Ising, and his partner Hugh Harman, clearly knew what effects they wished to create, and had the talent and staff to do so. Visually, this is the equal of anything that Disney created in this era That fact that it is so sweet and sentimental that I don't care for it is a matter of my taste. Yours, of course, may be different.
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