Which pre-1947 cartoon should have been deserving of an Academy Award?

[Crazy Tom]

OK amigos...I royally goofed up last night as I tried to post this poll, but the computer froze up and did some wacky things that even Dexter could not figure out. So here we go again:

I was wondering which pre-1947 cartoon, in your opinion, should have won an Academy Award? All of the films listed were nominees but lost.

Let's see what you think!

[Crazy Tom]

My vote, incidentally, was Rhapsody In Rivets, one of two WB cartoons nominated in 1941 but lost to Lend A Paw from Disney. They made excellent use of Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody as a real comic structure.

If in case you're wondering, WB was not the first to use Liszt's piece in a cartoon. I think Paramount did it in 1937 with Max Fleischer...I forget the title of the cartoon, however.

I also find it amazing that this piece of music was used twice more in 1946--once by WB with Rhapsody Rabbit, and also by MGM with Tom and Jerry's The Cat Concerto, which ironically won the 1946 award. Now I know why Bugs had 12 years of angst built up inside of him before he won.

[J Lee]

"A Car-Tune Portrait" was the Fleischer film I believe you're thinking of. A group of cartoon animals attempts to show the audience they're more cultured than what they've shown before (making it a forerunner to the opening of McKimson's "A Ham in A Role") by putting on a concert of Lizst, and naturally, the whole thing falls apart.

[Crazy Tom]

Originally posted by J Lee
"A Car-Tune Portrait" was the Fleischer film I believe you're thinking of.

You're absolutely right...thanks much! By the way, wasn't that lion nothing but beyond hideous?
:rolleyes:

[Sveven Dvorking]

I voted for Life with Feathers . That cartoon has an interesting and enjoyable story.

I don't know how It's got Me Again even got nominated. That is the worst D*sn*y ripoff WB ever released!

[J Lee]

Yes, it is pretty awful. The Fleischer people had a hard time with lions and a lot of other animals until the return of the Disneyites (Natwick, Culhane, Eugster) upgraded the studio's character designs beginning in late 1939.

The lion-conductor was done much better in the semi-remake by Famous 15 years later, "Fun at the Fair," though of course, by 1952 the comedy impact was nowhere near as good (unless you consider hearing a lion say "Stop It!" over and over again funny)

[Crazy Tom]

Originally posted by Sveven Dvorking
I don't know how It's got Me Again even got nominated. That is the worst D*sn*y ripoff WB ever released!

What Disney cartoon were you thinking of? I've actually never seen It's Got Me Again! That's what's got me!

[Sveven Dvorking]

I have never even seen one classic D*sn*y cartoon. It will show up again on Cargoon Networm, because it is overplayed. If I wasn't such a fan of WB cartoons, I would be quite upset with that one. That cartoon was probably the least deserving of all the pre-1933 Merrie Melodies for an award.