"For centuries people have climbed the trails to Echo Mountain" the opening title card explains, "To be thrilled by nature's magic -- the answering echoes of their own voices." And so we see people dressed like Swiss glockenspiel players leading some tourists up to Echo Mountain, accompanied by a St. Bernard with a cask around its neck. In the end, Fred Lawrence sings a couple of schmaltzy songs with the echoes.
Of course it was undoubtedly shot in the Hollywood Hills, but its purpose, like many of the Vitaphone Technicolor shorts of the 1930s, was to show off the beauty of the color process. The images are bright, colorful and have too much brown.
Of course it was undoubtedly shot in the Hollywood Hills, but its purpose, like many of the Vitaphone Technicolor shorts of the 1930s, was to show off the beauty of the color process. The images are bright, colorful and have too much brown.