Cat Thwarts Frog

The Flip cartoon “Room Runners” (1932) is probably famous among cartoon fans for featuring a semi-naked woman and assorted female breast jokes. But it also includes Ub Iwerks’ fetish for radiating and jagged sound lines.

Here’s an example. Flip’s trying to sneak out of the Grand Slam Hotel. A noisy cat sneaks up behind them.



Then the cat gets under Flip and the frog tumbles down the stairs. Some simple but effective expressions on the cat.



The score’s really good on this. Devon Baxter has gone through some cue sheets and found the composer was Scott Bradley.