A masterpiece of animation, SWING YOU SINNERS! Teems with Depression era cynicism and dark, surrealist humor. That makes it both a great time capsule of 1930s popular culture and a wonderful bit of jazzy nightmare fuel. It's a great example of why I love cartoons from the early 1930s so much-- they not only embraced the talkie revolution, but married sound to expressive, creative visuals unlike the more static live-action productions of the same period.
Review of Swing You Sinners!
Swing You Sinners!
(1930)
A great example of why early sound cartoons are fascinating
24 February 2022