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Land of the Midnight Fun (1939)

Directed by Tex Avery

Comedy | Animation | Short

Overview

A cruise to Nome, Alaska, starts with some cruise-ship jokes: the ship pulls out of the harbor like a car, raising anchor also raises the front of the boat, the ship follows the coast by curving around it. On arrival, we see some local scenes: A penguin eats two fish, then is eaten by the third; the dogs of a dog sled stop (behind an iceberg) at a telephone pole; a timber wolf goes around shouting “Timber!” Two Eskimos rub noses: in preparation, the woman applies lipstick to her nose. Finally, an Eskimo nightclub (after all, the nights are six months long) features a rotoscoped ice skater. The ship leaves, and gets caught in the fog near New York; when the fog clears, we see the ship is perched atop the World’s Fair Trilon.

Length 8 minutes

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I even found the short film playing before the feature tonight! Perfect pairing.

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