This is one of those animations that never really did it for me when I was a kid. Given a choice between a cute and bouncy Fleischer cartoon or a fast, noisy and violent Warner Bros Melodie or Tune, Warners would win hands down every time.
As you grow older, however, your tastes mature - which might be a funny thing to say about one's appreciation of a kiddie's cartoon - and watching this film as an adult I can appreciate the thought that has gone into the on-screen antics and the inventiveness of some of the sight gags involving a bunch of cats enjoying a barn dance. The film is finished off by a live-action sequence featuring cute and bouncy Lillian Roth belting out the title song - complete with words and bouncing ball if the urge takes you to sing along..
This isn't a classic, but it's a hugely enjoyable example of the type of work the Flrischer studio was producing in the early thirties when it had aspirations of matching the quality of output of Disney. Definitely worth a look.
As you grow older, however, your tastes mature - which might be a funny thing to say about one's appreciation of a kiddie's cartoon - and watching this film as an adult I can appreciate the thought that has gone into the on-screen antics and the inventiveness of some of the sight gags involving a bunch of cats enjoying a barn dance. The film is finished off by a live-action sequence featuring cute and bouncy Lillian Roth belting out the title song - complete with words and bouncing ball if the urge takes you to sing along..
This isn't a classic, but it's a hugely enjoyable example of the type of work the Flrischer studio was producing in the early thirties when it had aspirations of matching the quality of output of Disney. Definitely worth a look.