This was one of a handful of shorts in the Ham and Hattie series done by the UPA studio. There will be mild spoilers ahead:
The Ham and Hattie shorts were actually two shorter cartoons paired together and set to music.
Sailing is the Hattie short. Hattie plays with a toy sailboat in a fountain while a song about sailing plays over the cartoon. The sailboat gets sunk but a policeman saves the day for Hattie.
Village Band is about a band in a small village. They aren't appreciated by their fellow citizens until they suddenly realize that a village band is needed to play for the arrival of a visiting dignitary. The musicians save the day and are then celebrated by the people who basically ignored them before.
This short can be found on a three disc box set of Jolly Frolics shorts. The set is excellent and this short is well worth watching. Recommended.
The Ham and Hattie shorts were actually two shorter cartoons paired together and set to music.
Sailing is the Hattie short. Hattie plays with a toy sailboat in a fountain while a song about sailing plays over the cartoon. The sailboat gets sunk but a policeman saves the day for Hattie.
Village Band is about a band in a small village. They aren't appreciated by their fellow citizens until they suddenly realize that a village band is needed to play for the arrival of a visiting dignitary. The musicians save the day and are then celebrated by the people who basically ignored them before.
This short can be found on a three disc box set of Jolly Frolics shorts. The set is excellent and this short is well worth watching. Recommended.
