Friday 11 September 2020

Felix's Journey

The best Felix the Cat cartoons have something inventive going on. In Doubles For Darwin (1924), Felix goes into a trans-Atlantic cable office, flicks the switch to “South Africa” and gets sucked into the Magnavox.



Felix makes his way inside an underwater cable, stopped briefly by a swordfish that saws the cable. Felix bends his “sword” and carries on.



Cut to a receiving station. Felix is still inside the cable, which is attached to a printing contraption.



The Morse code on the ticker tape swirls to form letters in plain English.



The operator drops the tape on the ground. The letters “Felix” rise from it and morph into the cat.



There’s no credit for the animator. I await the day when we get a restored set of some of the great silent Felix cartoons.
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  1. Jonathan Wilson11 September 2020 at 08:52

    I await the day when we get a restored set of some of the great silent Felix cartoons.

    Last year would have been a perfect opportunity to cap off Felix's 100th birthday. The merch we got was fine (including an official liecensed Kit Kat clock), but there was a nagging issue that something was missing (heck, I wouldn't mind the Joe Oriolo classics restored).

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  2. Amy Condit19 September 2020 at 23:29

    Nice post! This is one of my favorite Felix cartoons!

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