A typical afternoon at the movies is lampooned in this looney trip to the cinema.A typical afternoon at the movies is lampooned in this looney trip to the cinema.A typical afternoon at the movies is lampooned in this looney trip to the cinema.
Dave Barry
- Lester Coward
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Sara Berner
- Bette Savis
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Mel Blanc
- Dole Promise
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Cal Howard
- Dizzy Duck
- (uncredited)
- …
Frank Lachapelle
- Dole Promise
- (uncredited)
Jack Lescoulie
- Lester Coward
- (uncredited)
Danny Webb
- Duckling
- (uncredited)
- …
- Director
- Writer
- Ben Hardaway(uncredited)
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- TriviaThe list of "Cast Off Characters" for the movie "The Petrified Florist," which goes by too fast to see, reads as so: The Hero... Lester Coward; The Shero... Bettie Savis; Rich Man... John P. Sockefeller; Poor Man... John Dough; Begger Man... Kismet; Thief... Oph Bagdad; Doctor... Jekyll; Lawyer... Ima Shyster (the last five names then repeat endlessly).
- GoofsThe baby duck pushes the lever that changes the speed of the film. The lever is shown angled forward to the higher speed setting. Yet when shown later the lever is angled back towards the slower setting even though the film is still playing at high speed.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Film Fan (1939)
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still really funny even if you don't know what it spoofs
Watching "She Was an Acrobat's Daughter", I quickly figured out that it was going to spoof a famous movie of its era (in this case, "The Petrified Forest", which I've never seen). In a movie theater, the audience plays an over-the-top version of musical chairs, a fat hippo irks some people by getting out of and into his seat, and some other silly things abound before the newsreel replete with puns tells of events in the world. Maestro Stickoutski (they loved playing with people's names, didn't they?) has the audience sing the title song along with some slides, even when the wrong slide gets entered. But when a baby duck starts pissing some people off, that's when the action really gets going! True, we in the 21st century will probably have few if any clues what they're talking about. But if we can imagine ourselves watching the cartoon when it first debuted in 1937, getting every one of the jokes, it's very easy to enjoy the cartoon. Of course, it's a hoot even if you don't know what it spoofs. One can see how the guys behind these cartoons liked to come up with the most twisted things possible. Worth seeing.
"Bacall to Arms" portrayed a similar series of events.
"Bacall to Arms" portrayed a similar series of events.
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- lee_eisenberg
- Jul 10, 2007
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- Era Hija De Un Acróbata
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- Runtime8 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was She Was an Acrobat's Daughter (1937) officially released in Canada in English?
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