Here’s how director Shamus Culhane handles the arrival of Miss X into this cartoon, carried by two burly servants/slaves. These are consecutive drawings.
Culhane wasn’t too concerned about matching cuts. These are consecutive frames.
Since Bugs Hardaway co-wrote this, I’d better say “The eyes have it.” He’d appreciate the hokey pun.
Lantz planned to have Miss X co-starring in the first of the Musical Miniatures, “Poet and Peasant” (Variety, Sept. 12, 1944), but the character ran afoul of the censors. Lantz never made another cartoon with her.
Averyesque reactions to Miss X, combined with character motion and designs Culhane seems to have brought over (along with Art Heinemann) from his brief stay in the Chuck Jones unit at Warners.
ReplyDeleteSounds reasonable, JL.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, Blair and Matthews handle the girl characters a little differently. Blair's animation seems more fluid but Matthews moves around Miss X more than Red, even drawing her in perspective. They're both great artists. Matthews is shamefully underrated.
I like to think she's related to Princess Salami from Woody Woodpecker.
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