Release Date:

July 9, 1938

Main Character(s):

None

Summary:

An old couple, Harold and Emily, reminisce about the 1890’s when their archenemy, the villainous Roger St. Clair kidnapped Emily and Harold spent a long time trying to look for her.

That’s Not All, Folks:

This is the first cartoon that Hardaway and Dalton directed as a team.

During the cartoon’s climax of Roger tying Emily to the railroad track and Harold facing off against Roger, Franz von Suppe’s “Morning Noon and Night in Vienna” can be heard.

What I Like About This One:

The opening title card: “Foreword- To Those Unswung Villains Who Were Too Gay in the Gay ‘90s, This Picture of Dastardly Doings and Daring Deeds is Dedicated. Please Do Not Hiss the Villain.” Then a few seconds later the word “Much!” is added.

Birds eating the fruit off a woman’s hat (in a photo album, Harold says it “looks like a vegetable stand”).

When a photo of Roger is shown, Harold describes him as “the snake” and his photo then forms into a rattlesnake.

Roger trying to seduce Emily with nice clothes and jewelry, and she replies, “How dare you, you cad! I love only Harold!”

Harold saying, “He that is down need fear no fall!” only to be hit by the swing he was pushing Emily on.

A sailor having a tattoo of a ship on his chest. After it blows its horn when he lights his cigar, Harold recites, “The soul that suffer be stronger than the soul that rejoices!”

A barbershop quartet tearfully singing “All Is Not Gold That Glitters”.

The back door of the place where Roger has Emily perform being labeled “Keep Out- And We Do Mean You”.

When Harold says, “What the heart has once owned, it shall never lose!”, he gets trapped under the curtain that Roger drops on him.

When Emily still refuses to be Roger’s girl after he ties her to the railroad tracks, he sneers, “Then in just a moment, that pretty little head of yours will be bouncing along the rails!”

Harold saving Emily by lifting up the rails and saying “He only is exempt from failure who makes no effort”.

Harold’s head destroying a sawmill blade.

Before Harold punches Roger into the river, he says, “Keep cool and you command everything!”

After the flashback ends, Roger (who is also now elderly) suddenly appears and kidnaps Emily again. Harold starts to say another thing, but then sings “Old Black Joe” as he goes off to the rescue again.

Where Can I Watch It?

At archive.org!

Carrot Rating:

🥕🥕🥕🥕