tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860570369910571160.post5230134738742471698..comments2024-03-18T05:38:24.843-07:00Comments on Best Animated Short: Best Animated Short - 1957ajnruleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07990303219460863679noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860570369910571160.post-82858295986834342022013-04-29T18:13:07.530-07:002013-04-29T18:13:07.530-07:00TREES and JAMAICA DADDY
It's true to argue thi...<b>TREES and JAMAICA DADDY</b><br />It's true to argue this was not UPA's finest by this point in time, they would finish up the end of the 50's with a release of the feature film "1001 Arabian Nights" before Stephen Bosustow sold the studio to Henry G. Saperstein, who ushered in an era comprised of cheap TV episodes of Dick Tracy and Magoo, along with the aquisition of numerous Japanese monster flicks for US release from Toho.<br /><br /><b>THE TRUTH ABOUT MOTHER GOOSE</b><br /><i>The "Mary Mary Quite Contrary" sequence is the most atmospheric of the sequences. It is based on the turbulent life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, and uses frequently portrays characters in silhouette to give a dark atmosphere. I remember being creeped out the first time I saw the film when I was 13."</i><br /><br />I saw this when I half your age then (courtesy of the Disney Channel program "Donald Duck Presents"). It was certainly a downer to hear how this rhyme came about and the tragedy that befallen the queen here. Kinda ruins your enjoyment of these rhymes knowing the truth behind 'em like "Ring Around The Rosey" referencing the plague during the middle ages. It's a real eye-opener.<br /><br /><i>"However, it takes up half the film's running time and drags, especially at a 45-second jousting scene that is most notable for having the animation reused in The Sword in the Stone."</i><br /><br />I was more amused to find out the rebuilt bridge that was in London at the time of this film would eventually be taken down for a newer bridge over the Thames while every brick of the former bridge was picked up and shipped over tot he US where the rebuilt bridge ended up in a resort town in Arizona. At least someone had money to blow that time!<br />http://www.golakehavasu.com/about-us/about-havasu/london_bridge1.aspxChris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.com