This is a ComiColor short from Iwerks studio. There will be spoilers ahead:
For a period of time in the 1930s, Ub Iwerks ran his own studio after he briefly struck out on his own away from Walt Disney. Iwerks studio produced some technically nice cartoons, but all too often, there was entirely too little in the way of plot or story and the shorts suffered for the lack. This short is an exception.
This is the old fairy tale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, with some nice little additions to the basic storyline. First of all, Goldilocks is playing hide and side with her dog when the short begins. Right away, she comes off as a bit of a brat. Come her turn to hide, she sneaks off and finds the house of the Three Bears, who have just about everything in threes-three entrances to the yard, to the house, three radios, cuckoo clocks, three cats, "Three Blind Mice" playing on all three radios with slightly different voices and so on.
By and by, the basic story asserts itself and Goldilocks, eats porridge, wrecks two beds and occupies the third and then the bears are introduced and return home. They discover their lovely home has basically been wrecked, investigate, find the perpetrator and a chase ensues. The animation is great and the gags are very good for an Iwerks short.
Goldilocks eventually manages to get out of the house with bears in full pursuit and the dog reappears in the short. The ending is unexpected and hilarious, so I won't spoil it here.
This short is available on DVD and online and is well worth looking for. Most recommended.
For a period of time in the 1930s, Ub Iwerks ran his own studio after he briefly struck out on his own away from Walt Disney. Iwerks studio produced some technically nice cartoons, but all too often, there was entirely too little in the way of plot or story and the shorts suffered for the lack. This short is an exception.
This is the old fairy tale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, with some nice little additions to the basic storyline. First of all, Goldilocks is playing hide and side with her dog when the short begins. Right away, she comes off as a bit of a brat. Come her turn to hide, she sneaks off and finds the house of the Three Bears, who have just about everything in threes-three entrances to the yard, to the house, three radios, cuckoo clocks, three cats, "Three Blind Mice" playing on all three radios with slightly different voices and so on.
By and by, the basic story asserts itself and Goldilocks, eats porridge, wrecks two beds and occupies the third and then the bears are introduced and return home. They discover their lovely home has basically been wrecked, investigate, find the perpetrator and a chase ensues. The animation is great and the gags are very good for an Iwerks short.
Goldilocks eventually manages to get out of the house with bears in full pursuit and the dog reappears in the short. The ending is unexpected and hilarious, so I won't spoil it here.
This short is available on DVD and online and is well worth looking for. Most recommended.