Directors: Harry Bailey & John Foster
Release Date: August 31, 1930
Stars: Waffles and Don
Rating: ★
Review:
‘Frozen Frolics’ is the third of four cartoons featuring the obscure duo Waffles & Don. In this short they are on their way to the North Pole to steal the pole, which looks like a barber’s pole.
After they lose their sled due to an obstinate rabbit, we suddenly cut to arctic animals dancing, much like Walt Disney’s ‘Arctic Antics‘ from two months earlier. Only after a while we return to the duo, whom we watch being exhausted, and trudging through a snow storm. When Don seems to be dead, Waffles steals his money, and eats his shoe. Luckily, Don is alive after all. But later Waffles doesn’t hesitate to throw his little friend to an angry bear. Don beats him up for that, with which the cartoons ends.
The animation in ‘Frozen Frolics’ is wildly uneven, and more often than not rather out of sync with the music.
Watch ‘Frozen Frolics’ yourself and tell me what you think:
‘Frozen Frolics’ is available on the DVD ‘The Complete Animated Adventures of Van Beuren Studio’s Tom and Jerry’
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June 8, 2016 at 04:29
Ray Pointer
The music is not the problem. The soundtrack is about six frames ahead of where it should be. This is the same problem with the sound effects and “vocals.” Since picture and soundtrack are on separate negatives, the prints sometimes are made not in proper position. All cartoons of the early sound era were planned by the conductor’s arrangements in order to hit the beats.
June 12, 2016 at 14:05
Gijs Grob
Thank you, Ray Pointer, for pointing this out! Also, until now I have rather neglected the silent era, but when I will come to that, I hope to review films from your excellent DVD range.
June 12, 2016 at 20:00
Ray Pointer
Thank you.