This is a short in the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series, Lantz variation. There will be spoilers ahead:
There really isn't a whole lot to this cartoon. The big deal here would have been the novelty of sound and the synchronization of music to the animation. The plot is minimal and the animation is mostly of the "Look how stretchy I can make everything!" variety.
The short is basically a series of largely unconnected gags, most of which have some connection to snow and winter, though some of the connections are loose. The best of the gags in the beginning center around Oswald and his sled team dodging a giant snowball. Some of the gags here are decent.
A large bear comes up to a cabin/saloon with a moose and proceeds to tie the hitching post around the moose. That this may well be the best gag in this section of the short speaks volumes. The bear begins to dance (if you can truly call it that) with a cat and then Oswald comes in and causes the bear to lose his pants. There follows a combination of more "dancing" and wooing between Oswald and the cat.
The bear re-enters the short and starts choking Oswald, the cat tries to save Oswald, the bear starts trying to force himself on the cat and Oswald puts a Franklin stove in the rear of his pants, causing the bear to run.
Oswald and his lady love leave on skis, but the bear catches them. The last minute or so of the short is quite predictable and I'll leave for the viewer to enjoy if and when they watch this.
For completists.
There really isn't a whole lot to this cartoon. The big deal here would have been the novelty of sound and the synchronization of music to the animation. The plot is minimal and the animation is mostly of the "Look how stretchy I can make everything!" variety.
The short is basically a series of largely unconnected gags, most of which have some connection to snow and winter, though some of the connections are loose. The best of the gags in the beginning center around Oswald and his sled team dodging a giant snowball. Some of the gags here are decent.
A large bear comes up to a cabin/saloon with a moose and proceeds to tie the hitching post around the moose. That this may well be the best gag in this section of the short speaks volumes. The bear begins to dance (if you can truly call it that) with a cat and then Oswald comes in and causes the bear to lose his pants. There follows a combination of more "dancing" and wooing between Oswald and the cat.
The bear re-enters the short and starts choking Oswald, the cat tries to save Oswald, the bear starts trying to force himself on the cat and Oswald puts a Franklin stove in the rear of his pants, causing the bear to run.
Oswald and his lady love leave on skis, but the bear catches them. The last minute or so of the short is quite predictable and I'll leave for the viewer to enjoy if and when they watch this.
For completists.