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Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

MartinHafer I'll be blunt here. Aside from a few cartoons (such as Mickey Mouse), most cartoons of the 1930s were amazingly bland and sappy. Even the edgiest studio of the 1940s, Merrie Melodies, made mostly terrible films during this time. Why? Because of plot, the films were jam-packed with singing--god-awful singing. They also tried very hard to be cute. One thing about the later Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck films is that they were never cute--they were funny! So, while a 7 might seem very high for this singing cartoon, believe me, compared to most stuff of the day, it WAS pretty edgy! The film begins with the opening of all four of Momma Owl's eggs. The first three are instant classical music-performing chicks. However, the fourth comes right out of the egg singing popular music. The plot is meant to be a variation on the studio's big hit the previous decade "The Jazz Singer"--but without all the patently offensive black stereotypes. The film definitely lacks humor but the song is catchy and the film not to annoying--hence it's score of 7.

tenchsama-1 A great one from the early Chuck Jones era. Of all the Merrie Melodies of the prewar period, this is one of the best. Just hum the first few bars, everyone knows the song! How many other songs from the 30's get instant recognition? The dancing is cute and I am amazed how good the singer is. I didn't realize it was Butch from the Little Rascals before! If you are fans of old movies and early TV, the other voices were all character actors from that time. The Chicken Lady with the Betty Boop voice is an unsung hero of early animation, usually uncredited - Cookie in the Buddy toons and the original Petunia Pig.Anyway, this is a fave of mine - Rated A

movieman_kev I hate to burst anyone up there on Cloud 9 with the love for this short. But the simple fact of the matter is that this is just a slightly above average Looney Tune short. It's far more cute than it is funny and it's far indeed from Tex Avery's best work. Now that being said I do enjoy this short up to a point, but come on doesn't the Owl know another song? I know Al certainly did. I have no clue why this Looney Tunes short above others seems to be praised to the high heavens. I'm sure someone will fill me in on something i'm missing though. This animated short can be seen on Disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2.My Grade: C+

Rockined1 This cute 1936 cartoon has recently been restored on the Looney Tunes Volume 2 DVD box set. You will find it's original opening titles as opposed to the BLUE RIBBON reissue titles that have been seen for years.By the way, did you know that Tommy "Butch" Bond from the OUR GANG/LITTLE RASCALS did the voice of young Owl Jolson in this cartoon, which can also be heard (in a short audio snippet) in the first episode of SOUTH PARK--the one entitled "Cartman Gets An Anal Probe"? The cartoon itself is sort of a parody of Al Jolson's real life, being put down by his family for choosing to sing a different kind of music than his family; and after all Jolson was still somewhat of a big star at Warner Bros. so he was fair game for a caricature.