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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
This is one of a relatively small series of shorts done by the Van Beuren Studios which starred a comic strip character named The Little King. It's a reasonably good short, but it's difficult to describe. Because I will be discussing some details, this is a spoiler warning:
The Little King is a difficult character to describe because, in many ways, he's very bland and unexciting. In general, he doesn't speak (the only short I've seen where he does speak was a Fleischer Studios appearance in a Betty Boop short and the voice is a bit ridiculous). He's very child-like, almost to the point of being annoying.
In this short, he has a trip scheduled to visit the state prison. The funniest part of the short is his preparations to go to the prison and the trip there. He's aided by a butler to get ready and then slides down a long bannister, at one point getting off to allow the butler to get ahead of him in sliding down in order to catch him when he reaches the bottom (the butler misses him).
On the way to the prison, the Little King gets distracted by flowers and winds up falling out the window of the carriage. He tries hitching a ride, finally finding a bicyclist who carries him on his head until they reach the carriage, where the coachman and footman are searching under and around the carriage in vain for their king. Everything-Little King, bike, cyclist-goes into the carriage and off they go.
When they reach the prison, the Little King is allowed to wander off on his own and he finds two inmates playing a game of checkers. He suggests a move to one which naturally causes him to lose the game immediately, whereupon the inmate breaks out of his cell and begins chasing the king, who timidly gives him the keys to the prison. The obvious happens and a riot breaks out. The ending is a bit predictable, but still cute anyway.
This short is well worth seeing and can be found on the DVD The Attack of the '30s Characters. Recommended.