Now You're Talking (1927)
1927 · Animation · 8 min · dir. Dave Fleischer
- Animation
Synopsis
Bell Telephone instructional film shows how - and how not - to treat your upright desk telephone set. Don't wiggle the hook excessively, don't tangle the cord, keep away from water, etc.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Dave Fleischer
- Cinematography
- S. Roy Luby
- Studio
- Inkwell Studios
- Released
- 1927-04-28
- Running time
- 8 minutes
Cast & crew
Dave Fleischer Director
Max Fleischer
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Happy Talking Talking Happy Talk · The_Emperor_Of_Television · 2012-01-16
Surprisingly entertaining cartoon short. It's timeless and dated at the same time, which is always a plus. Never before has a telephone been such a sympathetic character.
★★★★ · Now You're Talking! · Wilford B. Wolf · 2005-07-21
Beautifully preserved silent advertising film from Max Fleischer. The film starts off with a man trying to talk into a phone while trying to smoke a cigar. After failing to hear clearly (clearly failing to grasp how to use a phone), the man falls asleep. His dream is done in the classic 1920's Fleischer style, using word balloons when characters needs to speak. The film relies on simple black and white lines, much like his later sound film "Finding His Voice". A anthropomorphic phone is rushed into the hospital. When the doctor examines him, the phone complains of fatigue and the doctor…
