Director: unknown
Release Date: February 20, 1932
Stars: Flip the Frog
Rating: ★★
Review:
In ‘The Milkman’ Flip is both a farmer with a dairy farm and a milkman.
The cartoon features an extraordinary scene of Flip delivering milk, which uses an animated background, with an original curved perspective. Unfortunately, most of the screen time is devoted to Flip trying to deal with an annoying little brat he finds in a trashcan. The brat causes Flip quite some trouble, but at the end of the cartoon Flip and the brat become friends. Indeed, one month later we watch them together in the sentimental ‘What A Life‘.
The antics of Flip and the boy anticipate similar cartoons of ca. 1934-1938, when the Hays code had hit Hollywood hard, and most studios turned out remarkably childish, goody-goody cartoons. ‘The Milkman’ is an early example, playing on sentiments instead of laughs.
Watch ‘The Milkman’ yourself and tell me what you think:
This is Flip the Frog cartoon No. 17
To the previous Flip the Frog cartoon: Spooks
To the next Flip the Frog cartoon: Fire! Fire!
‘The Milkman’ is available on the DVD ‘Cartoons that Time Forgot – The Ub Iwerks Collection Vol. 2’
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October 26, 2016 at 03:44
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This is a clever review of a charming cartoon from a wonderful era. It is interesting to compare the pre-Code cartoons to those made during Breen’s administration. I think it is fascinating how the Code’s effect can even be seen in cartoons and comics! We are glad that someone else loves this time.