This is a George Pal Puppetoon adaptation of the Dr. Seuss story. Mild spoilers are ahead:
The short begins and ends with live action footage of a young boy heading off to school and then returning home The live action serves to frame animated footage. The contrasting black and white heightens the overall impact of the fantastic Technicolor animation in between.
The boy first starts off by relating that all he sees on Mulberry Street is one cart drawn by a horse, which is soon converted into various other sights by his very vivid imagination. His imaginings are brought to life by the wonderful stop-motion animation created by Pal's studio.
The short is visually gorgeous and the transformations of a simple cart and horse into more and more unusual flights of fancy are a joy to see. Ultimately, one lonely cart and horse turns into a parade of sights and sounds and when the live action returns, the boy is running home excited by what his imagination has made of the rather drab and mundane sight he actually saw. The ending is bittersweet, so I'll leave that untold here.
This short is included as an extra on a recent Blu-Ray release of The Puppetoon Movie done by a specialty production company as a limited release of 3000 copies. The Blu-Ray itself has been beautifully done and is well worth getting. This short, along with quite a few others, is also well worth the time and effort to see. Recommended.
The short begins and ends with live action footage of a young boy heading off to school and then returning home The live action serves to frame animated footage. The contrasting black and white heightens the overall impact of the fantastic Technicolor animation in between.
The boy first starts off by relating that all he sees on Mulberry Street is one cart drawn by a horse, which is soon converted into various other sights by his very vivid imagination. His imaginings are brought to life by the wonderful stop-motion animation created by Pal's studio.
The short is visually gorgeous and the transformations of a simple cart and horse into more and more unusual flights of fancy are a joy to see. Ultimately, one lonely cart and horse turns into a parade of sights and sounds and when the live action returns, the boy is running home excited by what his imagination has made of the rather drab and mundane sight he actually saw. The ending is bittersweet, so I'll leave that untold here.
This short is included as an extra on a recent Blu-Ray release of The Puppetoon Movie done by a specialty production company as a limited release of 3000 copies. The Blu-Ray itself has been beautifully done and is well worth getting. This short, along with quite a few others, is also well worth the time and effort to see. Recommended.
