Although Felix the Cat is my favourite silent film star, the work of the Fleischer studio in that era is creative and enjoyable.
I’m not referring just to the entertainment films, but advertising ones as well.
In My Merry Oldsmobile (1932) from the sound era is probably the best known, but the studio made several others. A number were for A. T. & T. Finding His Voice (1929) is a sound cartoon, but before that came the silent Now You’re Talking (1927), following the Out-of-the-Inkwell formula of live action interspersed with animation.
It’s a basic phone manners short; the Bell system made these for more than three decades. This one stars an abused candlestick phone. A very good piano score has been added.
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