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The Band Concert (1935)

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The Band ConcertThe Band Concert Poster
Directed by Wilfred Jackson
1935/USA
Walt Disney Productions
Repeat viewing

 

Mickey Mouse conducts an old-fashioned band composed of his animal buddies in a rendition of “The William Tell Overture” but Donald Duck keeps distracting the musicians by playing “Turkey in the Straw” on his fife.  The cartoon concludes with the band being sucked up by a tornado and playing valiantly through it all.

The Band Concert 1This is one of the funniest Mickey Mouse cartoons of all time.  I laughed out loud several times. Some full-length comedies don’t get that out of me.  I love Donald Duck! This was the first Mickey Mouse cartoon in Technicolor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lz9gxsgAJI

Complete cartoon (10 minutes)

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Turn of the Tide (1935)

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Turn of the Tide Turn of the Tide VHS
Directed by Norman Walker
1935/UK
British National Films
First viewing

 

Turn of the Tide is a sort of a Romeo and Juliet story told in a fishing village on the coast of Yorkshire.  It was based on a real feud.  The Fosdycks have fished the area for 400 years when the Lunns arrive.  The Lunns have modern ideas (like buying an engine for their boat) and the Fosdycks, particularly the patriarch of the clan, mightily resent their presence.  John Lunn (Niall MacGinness in his film debut) and Ruth Fosdyck (Geraldine Fitzgerald) are in love and both families object.

Turn of the Tide Poster

This film has a semi-documentary feel and is enjoyable for the good acting and glimpse at a vanished way of life.  It took brave men to go out in those rough seas in small boats!  This was the first feature film produced and distributed by J. Arthur Rank.

For your listening pleasure

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