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Smile Darn Ya Smile
Directed by Rudolf Ising
Release Date:
September 5, 1931
Main Character(s):
Foxy
Summary:
Trolley engineer Foxy picks up his girlfriend and the ride ends up becoming dangerous once they go down a hill and can’t put on the brakes.
That’s Not All, Folks:
The title song would later be featured in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”
This cartoon also started the trend of objects coming to life and performing.
What I Like About This One:
The dogs pictured on a “Sniff Brothers Cough Drops” ad sneeze the clothes off of a maid on another ad, revealing the maid to be a male bird in disguise. The bird angrily hits the dogs with a stick while saying “Smile, darn ya, smile!”
A chicken that a group of hoboes are cooking joins them in singing the title song. One of the hoboes then tells it to “boil, darn ya, boil!”
Where Can I Watch It?
At archive.org!
Carrot Rating:
🥕🥕🥕