![]() ![]() ![]() Seuss, Frank Capra & Mel Blancīooks Come to Life in Classic Cartoons from 1930s and 1940sįound: Lost Great Depression Photos Capturing Hard Times on Farms, and in TownĪyun Halliday can’t get enough of that rubber style.Oswald The Octopus - English. ![]() Private Snafu: The World War II Propaganda Cartoons Created by Dr. A figurative injection of confidence is all well and good, but nothing gets the barnyard back on its singing, dancing feet like a liberal dose, delivered in the most literal way. ![]() The division between entertainment and nation-leading is pretty permeable these days, too.Īccordingly, what really sets this cartoon apart for me is the use of a Presidentially-sanctioned giant syringe as a tool to get Depression-era America back on its feet. Witness Annie, in which the 32nd president was again called upon to Rex Harrison his way into audience hearts, this time from the wheelchair the creators of Confidence didn’t dare show, some forty years earlier. As presidential campaign promises go, this one’s uniquely tailored to the demands of musical comedy. Unsurprisingly, the can-do spirit so central to FDR’s New Deal quickly turned Oswald’s frown upside down. Oh, for some oral history-I’d love to know how matinee crowds reacted as Oswald raced screaming before a spinning vertigo background, seeking a remedy for a host of non-cartoon problems. It’s weirdly upsetting to see those hyper-cheerful vintage barnyard animals (and a rogue monkey) undergo this graphic enervation. Instead, Nolan delivered his joyful cartoon animals into nightmare territory, the Depression personified as a cowled Death figure laying waste to the land. Given the public’s preference for escapist fare, director Bill Nolan, the Father of Rubber Hose Animation, could have played it safe by glossing over the backstory that leads Oswald to seek out advice from the Commander in Chief. ![]()
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