Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land

Name: Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy
Released: 1931-11-28
Duration: 7 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Rudolf Ising

19311931
7m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

333

YOUR RATING

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931)

Animation Short Comedy

Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat. And Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat. And Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat. And Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

333

YOUR RATING

Director
- Rudolf Ising
Star
- Rudolf Ising(uncredited)

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Trivia
One of the "Censored 11" banned from TV syndication by United Artists (then the owners of the Looney Tunes film library) in 1968 for their blatant racism. Ted Turner continued the ban when he was hired and stated that these films will not be re-issued and will not be put on home video. These cartoons will probably never air on television again, and only non-Warner Bros.-licensed public domain tapes/DVDs will probably ever have these cartoons on them.

Quotes
[first lines]
Banjo Player: [singing] Open up your golden doorway / I won't stop, I'm comin' your way / I'm hittin' the trail for Hallelujah Land.

Connections
Featured in Animation Lookback: Top 10 Controversial Cartoons (2015)

Soundtracks
Hittin' the Trail for Hallalujah Land
(uncredited)
Music by Rube Bloom
Lyrics by Joe Young
Sung by various characters

User reviews8

Review

Featured review

8/10

Good cartoon, but don't expect to see it without doing some serious searching.

This short is one of eleven that likely won't be seen on television any time soon, if ever again. An innocuous little thing, cute in spots and with some good animation, it also has elements that make it unpalatable to some in the present day culture that has developed a mindset that no one should ever get their feelings hurt. Which, in the case of this short, is really unfortunae, because there is a scene with dancing skeletons which, though a bit derivative, is almost as enjoyable as the short it's emulated, The Skeleton Dance. An engaging cartoon and well worth the time and effort to locate. Most highly recomended.

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