Release Date:

November 7, 1936

Main Character(s):

None

Summary:

It’s Valentine’s Day and Cupid and a little devil are both at work. Cupid is focused on making others fall in love while the devil wants to destroy relationships. They mainly test this out on a bear couple about to get married.

That’s Not All, Folks:

This is the first Warner cartoon to be Valentine’s Day themed (but not the first to be related to love).

The cartoon was given a Blue Ribbon reissue. Since we are now in the Carl Stalling era, I can finally start telling you what music played under the opening credits. In this case, the music that played over the titles is “Sweethearts Forever” by Irving Caesar and Cliff Friend. You can listen to it here. 

Additionally, the original title card can be found here, albeit in poor quality. The credits were as follows:

Supervision: Fred Avery

Animation: Robert Clampett and Joe D’Igalo

Musical Direction: Carl W. Stalling.

There is a scene that seems to have been cut during production. When the devil whispers to the female bear, “Will you go sit on a tack, you old horse face?”, the scene then immediately cuts to the devil laughing at how she reacted (which was not seen).

What I Like About This One:

Cupid’s arrows sprouting out of the ground like roses.

Cupid practicing his arrow shooting by putting an apple on his head, pinning a bunch of cards to a tree in the shape of a heart, and using them for a shooting duck gallery game (the last duck tries to get away).

The devil showering under the flames of a blowtorch and standing on a frying pan while doing so.

Two turtles singing the title song after Cupid shoots the female one with an arrow.

The sight of two woodpeckers kissing and getting their beaks bent in the process.

When the devil tries to fight Cupid for ruining his fun, Cupid responds by shooting his pointy tail into a tree (along with the devil’s sped up gibberish after getting pinned to the tree).

Cupid shooting the Devil himself with an arrow. The Devil ends up being wedded to a lonely skunk!

Where Can I Watch It?

At archive.org!

Carrot Rating:

🥕🥕🥕 ½