Movie Struck

During the 1930s and 40s, quite a few studios made cartoons similar to this one...shorts in which various Hollywood stars were featured. Disney did it....Warner Brothers did it...and here, Columbia Pictures takes a stab at this style film.

The story begins with Scrappy and Oopie singing for the executives at the movie studio. They love them and offer them jobs. But instead of stardom, it's a job working in the commissary...as I guess they simply had no child labor laws at the time, as both are not just kids but really young ones. When lunch arrives, all sorts of Hollywood stars arrive, including: Laurel & Hardy, Eddie Cantor, Joe E. Brown, the Marx Brothers, Greta Garbo, Jimmy Durante, George Arliss, Bert Lahr and Adolph Menjou. Nothing substantial happens from this point on...mostly a lot of dancing. Still, it is fun.

The animation of this cartoon is excellent...even if it is only in black & white. Fine quality animation...similar in many ways to the Fleischer Brothers' work. And, although the story is thin...it is entertaining....and perfect for folks who actually remember these stars.