This Walt Disney short mixes Hollywood stars of the late 30s with with nursery rhymes. (Katherine Hepburn is Little Bo Peep). Among the movies parodied are "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "Captains Courageous". Featuring caricatures of Laurel and Hardy, Spencer Tracey, Clark Gable, Eddie Cantor, and Stepin Fetchit. Read a great blog post on this cartoon from the 2719 Hyperion blog.
There are a few scenes which may be offensive, because of the black stereotyping; one scene where Katherine Hepburn starts talking with a black dialect after she gets a pie thrown to her face. A recent commentary (Oct 2009) by Mark Sawyer from CNN online goes into the topic of blackface comedy and the modern audience. Read Article
In order of appearance:
1. Katherine Hepburn. 2. Hugh Herbert (King)
3. Marx Brothers. 4. Ned Sparks (Jester)____Who is portrayed on the figurehead of the rattle held by Ned Sparks? 5. Joe Penner
4. Donald Duck. 5. Charles Laughton. 6. Spencer Tracy
7. Freddie Bartholomew. 8. WC Fields. 9. Charlie McCarthy
10. Laurel and Hardy. 11. Greta Garbo. 12. Edward G. Robinson
13. Eddie Cantor. 14. Cab Calloway. 15. Wallace Beery
16. Fats Waller 17. Stepin Fetchit. 18. Trio of Trumpet players: (L-R: Edna May Oliver, Mae West, ZaSu Pitts 19. Flute: Clark Gable. 20. Sax: George Arliss.
21. Fats Waller. 22. Fred Astaire. 23. Joe E Brown & Martha Raye
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