Window Washers (1925)

Release Date:

30 August 1925 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Farmer Al Falfa's car comes to life and sprays oil on his window before driving away. Al Falfa now needs a window washer. A cat, using a mouse as a washrag, takes the job.

Plot Keywords:

Cat | Mouse | Window | Car | Window Washer

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

Aesop's Fables Studio

Window Washers is another silent Farmer Al Falfa cartoon from Paul Terry

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This is another Paul Terry silent cartoon. A cat and mouse are riding in a car that keeps slipping off its wheels so the mouse positions the car parallel to the wheels as they keep moving. A policeman dog gives chase after spying on them through a birdhouse which he climbed, spider-like, through. Cut to a separate scene with Farmer Al Falfa painting his tires before leaving. A human policeman chases him but when the cop catches up, the car eats him spitting his out uniform and beat stick! As the farmer arrives at his home, the cat and mouse-who had managed to elude the police dog-come up, sees the window washer ad, and get to work with the cat using the mouse as a sponge! There's also a fish who washes inside and outside his bowl and another mouse who cleans the farmer's glasses. It all ends with the mice chasing Al and the cat outside...Besides some of what I described in the synopsis, there's a few more amusing sight gags like when the car arrives at a river, the wheels go underwater while the body of the car becomes a boat with the cat and mouse rowing! Also, the cat and mouse's car gets a flat so the mouse gets the pump and pushes the air through the tire while the car is still moving! Not much logic here and the animation was pretty primitive but if your an animation fan who's curious about these early silent Terrytoons, this and many others that are on YouTube are worth a look.