The musical tale of a murder trial by a jealous lover.The musical tale of a murder trial by a jealous lover.The musical tale of a murder trial by a jealous lover.
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- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
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Annette Warren
- Frankie
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaJazz musician Phil Moore was one of the first African-Americans to receive a screen credit as composer of a Hollywood film score for his imaginative contributions to this short. This was done at the insistence of the film's director, John Hubley.
- Quotes
Jonathan Bailey, Honest John the Crook: You have asked for the truth without compunction. I have performed that fiction - er, function. Could she pull this trigger? Bah! Take a life? Bah! Were she free, I'd take this maiden for my wife.
- SoundtracksFrankie and Johnny
Lyrics by Allen Alch
Featured review
A classic UPA cartoon modern short about the trial of Frankie.
This film is commonly misunderstood and disliked these days, but thats only because people don't know why it is the way it is. Rooty Toot Toot, and most of UPA's work, was created with the intent to break from traditional animation and create something more relatable as fine or modern art. Something I think was highly successful. A film only appreciated by those willing to disregard the standards of loony toons and Disney.
The animation is zany and bizarre, the designs are fantastically simplistic. Watch for how the backgrounds only depict the minimum of what is necessary to visually represent what's going on. There's no need for full blown cell coloring here. I think the style matches the jazz perfectly.
The animation is zany and bizarre, the designs are fantastically simplistic. Watch for how the backgrounds only depict the minimum of what is necessary to visually represent what's going on. There's no need for full blown cell coloring here. I think the style matches the jazz perfectly.
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- kateburck
- Jul 7, 2009
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- Runtime7 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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