This is a pre-Code cartoon in the Farmer Al Falfa series produced by Terrytoons. There will be spoilers ahead:
This is a pre-Code short and there are elements in here which most parents would consider a bit much for children. While this is nominally a Farmer Al Falfa cartoon, he's actually a minor character in here, showing up at the tail end of the cartoon.
More than two-thirds of this features the jungle, the animals in the jungle and, most importantly, the main character of the ape girl. She's initially a static drawing being catered to by some of her animal subjects, but the cartoon becomes hers fairly quickly.
She pretty much does everything Tarzan does-swing on vines, do the yell and interact with the animals and so on. But, being a cartoon, she can do things a live-action ape man can't do. She wears a brief top and a skimpy grass skirt. When she dives in the water and goes for a swim, it's enough to make a censor cover their eyes so they can peek through their fingers while maintaining a moral sense of outrage. There's a cute scene where the ape girl is changing and puts her things on a clothesline.
Enter Al the big game hunter, for the last minute and change. He shoots a few animals and the ape girl sics the animals on him. There's some nice animation here before the ape girl personally takes down Al. The ending is cute and bizarre, so I won't spoil it here.
This is actually a Terrytoon worthy of notice. Recommended.
This is a pre-Code short and there are elements in here which most parents would consider a bit much for children. While this is nominally a Farmer Al Falfa cartoon, he's actually a minor character in here, showing up at the tail end of the cartoon.
More than two-thirds of this features the jungle, the animals in the jungle and, most importantly, the main character of the ape girl. She's initially a static drawing being catered to by some of her animal subjects, but the cartoon becomes hers fairly quickly.
She pretty much does everything Tarzan does-swing on vines, do the yell and interact with the animals and so on. But, being a cartoon, she can do things a live-action ape man can't do. She wears a brief top and a skimpy grass skirt. When she dives in the water and goes for a swim, it's enough to make a censor cover their eyes so they can peek through their fingers while maintaining a moral sense of outrage. There's a cute scene where the ape girl is changing and puts her things on a clothesline.
Enter Al the big game hunter, for the last minute and change. He shoots a few animals and the ape girl sics the animals on him. There's some nice animation here before the ape girl personally takes down Al. The ending is cute and bizarre, so I won't spoil it here.
This is actually a Terrytoon worthy of notice. Recommended.