Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaA streetcar conductor has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while he, his passengers, and some hobos sing the title song.A streetcar conductor has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while he, his passengers, and some hobos sing the title song.A streetcar conductor has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while he, his passengers, and some hobos sing the title song.
Ken Darby
- Narrow Collars
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Rochelle Hudson
- Roxy
- (não creditado)
Rudolf Ising
- Cow
- (não creditado)
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The King's Men
- Hobo Chorus
- (não creditado)
Johnny Murray
- Foxy
- (não creditado)
Avaliações em destaque
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Foxy is running a train when he cheerfully agrees to take on a hippo who happens to be too large for his riding space. This event leads Foxy on a ride range of action. SMILE, DARN YA, SMILE! is an okay entry for the series. When the film started I'm sure many might mistake Foxy for Mickey Mouse because they share a lot of similarities and I think it's safe to say Merrie Melodies was ripping off Walt Disney with this character. For the most part this film is innocent enough, although there's certainly nothing here that really stands out or turns the film into a classic. The animation is a little crude but it works just fine to bring out the charm of Foxy.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Foxy is running a train when he cheerfully agrees to take on a hippo who happens to be too large for his riding space. This event leads Foxy on a ride range of action. SMILE, DARN YA, SMILE! is an okay entry for the series. When the film started I'm sure many might mistake Foxy for Mickey Mouse because they share a lot of similarities and I think it's safe to say Merrie Melodies was ripping off Walt Disney with this character. For the most part this film is innocent enough, although there's certainly nothing here that really stands out or turns the film into a classic. The animation is a little crude but it works just fine to bring out the charm of Foxy.
I think this was the final cartoon to feature the character of Foxy (who was Mickey Mouse with pointed ears and a bushy tail), and like the others, it is purely a cartoon built around a song from the Warner Bros. back catalogue, in this case 'Smile, Darn Ya, Smile'.
The animation is fine but some situations had been used the year before with Bosko and Honey in 'Sinkin in the Bathtub' (the runaway train was a car before, and they were both stopped by a supercilious cow). It isn't that original and is relentlessly cheerful as many 1930s cartoons were.
Still, these animations are always of historical interest and are good to see, and this isn't at all bad, if you like that sort of thing.
The animation is fine but some situations had been used the year before with Bosko and Honey in 'Sinkin in the Bathtub' (the runaway train was a car before, and they were both stopped by a supercilious cow). It isn't that original and is relentlessly cheerful as many 1930s cartoons were.
Still, these animations are always of historical interest and are good to see, and this isn't at all bad, if you like that sort of thing.
The second Foxy cartoon after 'Lady, Play Your Mandolin!', 'Smile, Darn Ya Smile' may not be a great cartoon but of the two cartoons it is the better-faring one.
Again, the story is thin, sometimes senseless and agreed derivative of other cartoons. While the animation is better this time round, there are still a few crude moments especially in the character designs. The very end is pretty corny and feels like a cop-out.
However, much of the animation is crisply shaded and very nicely detailed with flexible movements. Standing out especially is some interesting perspective visuals as Foxy loses control of the trolley. The music is suitably peppy, with an irresistibly infectious title song (which people will recognise as the ToonTown theme from 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?').
'Smile, Darn Ya Smile' boasts a few good gags that are quite funny, especially the hippo being deflated. Foxy, even with a still derivative character design, is a more compelling leading character this time round and more expressive.
On the whole, decent cartoon and hard not to smile along to regardless of its imperfections. 7/10 Bethany Cox
Again, the story is thin, sometimes senseless and agreed derivative of other cartoons. While the animation is better this time round, there are still a few crude moments especially in the character designs. The very end is pretty corny and feels like a cop-out.
However, much of the animation is crisply shaded and very nicely detailed with flexible movements. Standing out especially is some interesting perspective visuals as Foxy loses control of the trolley. The music is suitably peppy, with an irresistibly infectious title song (which people will recognise as the ToonTown theme from 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?').
'Smile, Darn Ya Smile' boasts a few good gags that are quite funny, especially the hippo being deflated. Foxy, even with a still derivative character design, is a more compelling leading character this time round and more expressive.
On the whole, decent cartoon and hard not to smile along to regardless of its imperfections. 7/10 Bethany Cox
Smile Darn Ya Smile is a cartoon that has some plot similarities with Trolley Troubles, a 1927 Oswald film Harman-Ising worked on along with Disney. Both cartoons involve a cow blocking the track but both trolley operators were able to get pass. The only difference is this one has more improved graphics and makes clever use of the music.
One notable gag in the film involves Foxy using a pin to deflate a hippo, making her fit in the trolley. This gag has been branded by critics of the character as a so-called "Disney Swipe." I don't think Harman-Ising can be blamed for applying that, considering a similar one also appears in Spooks, a 1930 Oswald cartoon. Plus, it's probably not possible to patent a gag the way it's possible to copyright a film.
Due to Foxy's appearance resembling Mickey who is much more famous, a number of film fans are so quick to criticize the fox as a cheap copy of the latter. However, a document from a book called The Hand Behind the Mouse gives a much different story. In it, Hugh Harman drew pictures of mice on a portrait of Disney in 1925. A few years later, Disney and Iwerks used this idea as their basis for creating Mickey. Therefore, I guess it is true to say Harman and Ising were never imitating Disney or anyone in particular.
Why Foxy was short-lived in the Merrie Melodies series? As logical of a reason I can suggest, it's possible that he was only created as an experimental character, along with Piggy and Goopy Geer. In other words, they were intended to be just curtain raisers for Harman-Ising's main character Bosko. Bosko was a character whose popularity once rivaled Mickey until some flawed redesigning cause that guy to end up in the scrap.
One notable gag in the film involves Foxy using a pin to deflate a hippo, making her fit in the trolley. This gag has been branded by critics of the character as a so-called "Disney Swipe." I don't think Harman-Ising can be blamed for applying that, considering a similar one also appears in Spooks, a 1930 Oswald cartoon. Plus, it's probably not possible to patent a gag the way it's possible to copyright a film.
Due to Foxy's appearance resembling Mickey who is much more famous, a number of film fans are so quick to criticize the fox as a cheap copy of the latter. However, a document from a book called The Hand Behind the Mouse gives a much different story. In it, Hugh Harman drew pictures of mice on a portrait of Disney in 1925. A few years later, Disney and Iwerks used this idea as their basis for creating Mickey. Therefore, I guess it is true to say Harman and Ising were never imitating Disney or anyone in particular.
Why Foxy was short-lived in the Merrie Melodies series? As logical of a reason I can suggest, it's possible that he was only created as an experimental character, along with Piggy and Goopy Geer. In other words, they were intended to be just curtain raisers for Harman-Ising's main character Bosko. Bosko was a character whose popularity once rivaled Mickey until some flawed redesigning cause that guy to end up in the scrap.
Whew, does this animated short look dated. Well, maybe because it was one of the first of the talkie cartoons. It looks it, and sounds it, but that's what also makes this different and charming, in a way.
Actually, this is as much a "musical" as it is a cartoon. The title song is song several times during the seven minutes, by two different Mickey & Minnie Mouse-type characters, and by a bunch of hobos. It's a catchy song with good lyrics, too.
This is not really all that funny, but it entertains throughout. Like early 1930s movies, it has a certain look to it that was long gone by the end of the decade. I liked this, because it was different than most cartoons we've seen over the years.
Actually, this is as much a "musical" as it is a cartoon. The title song is song several times during the seven minutes, by two different Mickey & Minnie Mouse-type characters, and by a bunch of hobos. It's a catchy song with good lyrics, too.
This is not really all that funny, but it entertains throughout. Like early 1930s movies, it has a certain look to it that was long gone by the end of the decade. I liked this, because it was different than most cartoons we've seen over the years.
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesThe hobos dinner cooking under the railroad tracks pokes fun at Herbert Hoover's supposed promise of "a chicken in every pot"
- Erros de gravaçãoThe girl-fox on the streetcar sits down, but the animators forgot to draw the bench. (In the next shot, she sits down again, but this time the bench is there.)
- Citações
[first lines]
Foxy: [singing] Smile, darn ya, smile! / Smile, darn ya, smile! / Come on and smile, darn ya, smile!
- Versões alternativasThis cartoon was colorized in 1992 by Turner Entertainment Company, with each frame traced over onto a cel. Each cel was then painted in color and photographed over a colored reproduction of each background.
- ConexõesFeatured in Pee-wee's Playhouse: Now You See Me, Now You Don't (1986)
- Trilhas sonorasSmile, Darn Ya, Smile
Music by Max Rich
Lyrics by Jack Meskill and Charles O'Flynn
Played often by Abe Lyman and His Brunswick Recording Orchestra
Sung by Foxy and the girl
Also sung with revised lyrics by the hoboes
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- Tempo de duração7 minutos
- Cor
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