A Bout with a Trout (1947)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Izzy Sparber

Writers:

Isadore Klein (story)
Marge (comic strip)

Release Date:

30 October 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short

Plot:

Little Lulu, torn between playing hookey and going fishing, or going to school, chooses to go fishing...where she encounters the Fish from Cartoon Hades. |

Plot Keywords:

Little Lulu

Cast

Mae Questel

...

Lulu (voice) (uncredited)

Runtime:

8 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Company:

Famous Studios

Trivia:

During Swinging On a Star, in three stars, are the faces of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Jerry Colonna (one after the other).

Soundtrack:

Swinging on a Star

Excellent cartoon

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Little Lulu proves to be very entertaining and educational in this cartoon. Lulu decides to blow off school and go fishing instead, and there's a conflict between her good and bad sides. Siding with the devilish Lulu that insists, "Fishing for fish is her life", and ignoring the angelic Lulu who warns her, "If you don't go to school, you may grow up to be a mule", Lulu goes fishing and bumps her head reeling in a fish. She then dreams about all the great things that come from learning, and all the horrible possibilities of how her life might be if she doesn't. Lesson learned, when Lulu wakes up she's determined not to become a mule and she rushes off to school. A classic cartoon that should be remembered. 10/10