Thursday 9 September 2021

Dancing Teeth

A punching ball obeys the basic laws of physics in The Bull Fight, a 1935 Terrytoon. A bull smacks it and it comes right back at him, knocking out his teeth.



The teeth grow little feet, move around in time to Phil Scheib's music, clicking like a castanet, then jump back into the bull's mouth.



Paul Terry was nuts for operettas back then, so the cartoon’s dialogue is sung.

The Motion Picture Herald declared in its March 23rd edition: "An amusing, though largely average subject in the Terry-Toons series, wherein the young Spaniard, taking his sweetheart to the bull fight, jumps into the arena when the matador is routed, and proceeds to clean up the ring with the energetic bull, at the same time, vanquishing numerous of his horned compatriots. His bravery wins him the plaudits of the crowd and the hand of the girl, while the subject should bring several laughs from the audience."

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