Tuesday, 3 December 2024

Poor Cinderella

John Foster and Harry Bailey go for pathos in a scene from Cinderella Blues (1931).

After dropping and breaking the family dishes, Cinderella sits dejected by the fireplace. As violins play in the background, words of sympathy are formed by the flames.



Gene Rodemich’s scores for the Tom and Jerry cartoons at Van Beuren are made up from newish songs used as mood music. In this cartoon, he seems to be trying to score to the action, especially to dance numbers likely choreographed by Jack Ward.

There’s some really atrocious animation, with Cinderella walking into her limo like it’s a flat drawing, and the dialogue is over enunciated, but the cartoon does have a happy ending.

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