Two cute little puppies out on a picnic go off to play. They get involved in a fox hunt.
This Harman-Ising color cartoon for MGM is directed by Rudy Ising. It shows the studio at its most twee, with the mostly-unseen woman organizing the picnic talking to the puppies as if they are people, the fox huge and threatening, and the vast majority of the hounds on the chase as an indistinguishable mass. There are some good gags involving the fox and a rather primitive-looking hound, but the cuteness factor overwhelms the cartoon, particularly given the extreme lushness of the candybox back art. Ising would later reduce the ickiness of his cartoons -- Hanna and Barbera would begin to direct under his supervision, and their taste for slapstick would be a necessary corrective. For the moment, though, this movie's interest lays in its technical excellence.
This Harman-Ising color cartoon for MGM is directed by Rudy Ising. It shows the studio at its most twee, with the mostly-unseen woman organizing the picnic talking to the puppies as if they are people, the fox huge and threatening, and the vast majority of the hounds on the chase as an indistinguishable mass. There are some good gags involving the fox and a rather primitive-looking hound, but the cuteness factor overwhelms the cartoon, particularly given the extreme lushness of the candybox back art. Ising would later reduce the ickiness of his cartoons -- Hanna and Barbera would begin to direct under his supervision, and their taste for slapstick would be a necessary corrective. For the moment, though, this movie's interest lays in its technical excellence.