You can spot some in at least one scene of Case of the Missing Hare (also 1942), where Tedd Pierce’s story has magician Ala Bahma get his comeuppance from a revenging Bugs Bunny.
Here, Bahma is nailing a self-promotional poster over a hole in a tree, which is actually the entrance to Bugs’ home.
Bahma checks his handiwork.
The action is on single frames.
Ben Washam is apparently the animator in this scene, but I'll stand corrected. Ken Harris gets the rotating screen credit.
The cartoon is a forerunner of the great Bugs revenge short, Long-Haired Hare, where the rabbit crushes the performance of opera star Giovanni Jones.
Chuck Jones made some enjoyable cartoons released in 1942. Another likeable short is The Draft Horse, another one with a Tedd Pierce story and smear animation.
On a closely tangential note, I think it was Pierce's return from Fleischer that energized Jones' unit in the 1942 period. "The Draft Horse," which you cite, "Case of the Missing Hare," "The Dover Boys" and possibly "Hold the Lion, Please" are all examples of good Pierce stories bucking up the animation. The stories Jones was getting in the 1940-1941 (and early 1942) period were adequate, but not as good as Pierce's stuff. An early Maltese, "My Favorite Duck," can also be factored in.
ReplyDelete" The Draft Horse " highlights the absolute power of Mel Blanc's voice as the Army Doctor and the Horse in the " Say Ah sequence ".
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