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Lantz?
This early example of animation in the Happy Hooligan series doesn't come with much information attached, although the source of the Youtube copy I saw attributes it to Walter Lantz.
It's not much of a cartoon by modern standards: Happy speaks with someone in the park and takes a trip to the moon on a rocket that looks like the front half of a current racing car, where he is made king of the moon. A ballerina does a shimmy and Our Hero winds up back in the park being accosted by a cop. The inference is that he has fallen asleep and dreamed the entire trip.
Visually there are some glosses on the famous 1902 Melies film and the animation is spiffy for the year this was made. However, this effect to the modern eye is .... well, it seems pretty pointless. It's of some interest for its position in animation history, but that's about it.
It's not much of a cartoon by modern standards: Happy speaks with someone in the park and takes a trip to the moon on a rocket that looks like the front half of a current racing car, where he is made king of the moon. A ballerina does a shimmy and Our Hero winds up back in the park being accosted by a cop. The inference is that he has fallen asleep and dreamed the entire trip.
Visually there are some glosses on the famous 1902 Melies film and the animation is spiffy for the year this was made. However, this effect to the modern eye is .... well, it seems pretty pointless. It's of some interest for its position in animation history, but that's about it.
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- boblipton
- Oct 28, 2011
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