Westward Whoa (1926)
1926 · Animation · 7 min · dir. Charles R. Bowers
- Western
- Comedy
- Animation
Synopsis
Cowboys Mutt and Jeff match wits with a very uncooperative bull.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Charles R. Bowers
- Released
- 1926-08-01
- Running time
- 7 minutes
Cast & crew
Charles R. Bowers Director
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Animation When It Was An Art Not An Industry · Spike3 · 2009-03-31
Horrors! There's no shading! It's less than 30 frames per second! Ewww! The previous reviewer stating "lazy animation" has had their perception polluted with post 1960's fluff animation - where formula and product rule over creativity and good writing. The Marty-Moose eyed cow is hillarious, and the Kromocolor is a nice touch for a work from 1926. Give me this over some saccharine goo like the Wonderful World of Eisner's "Cinderella II" any day! It was better when storytelling was more important in animation than visual candy. And for the sake of ranting, there's something about computer…
