VIDEO: The Rooster and His Harem...

PJ Lifestyle Cartoon at Noon | 12:00 PM on August 04, 2014

The Mae West-inspired Duck could be compared to a similar seductive bird featured in two of the Silly Symphonies, the 54th and 61st:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMlhN0ow_Sw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqNGOKIcyzU

Fleischer Studios’ romanticized idea of a sultan’s harem was a common cartoon trope at the time, see “Mickey Mouse in Arabia” from 1932 and Willie Whoppers’ appearance in “Insultin’ the Sultan” from 1934:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf5C1qk8Ov4

How can conservatives conquer Hollywood? PJ Lifestyle editor Dave Swindle argued in March 2014 that it was through studying how technological changes transformed the culture in the age of classic Hollywood. In this ongoing series mid-day Monday-Friday at PJ Lifestyle he highlights animated short films from the 1920s, '30s and 1940s, beginning with an emphasis on Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies. What are some of your favorite cartoons of the era? Please email URLs to DaveSwindlePJM[@]gmail.com or tweet to @DaveSwindle for shorts you'd like to see featured in the future. Image illustration courtesy shutterstock / Ismagilov.

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