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The Discontented Canary

A canary is frustrated by being caged. One day the kind old lady who owns him opens a nearby window, and also leaves the door to the cage open. Freedom! But it's not all it's cracked up to be.

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Release : 1934
Rating : 5.8
Studio : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,  Harman-Ising Productions, 
Crew : Director,  Producer, 
Cast : Toby Wing
Genre : Animation Family

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Reviews

VeteranLight
2018/08/30

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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Beanbioca
2018/08/30

As Good As It Gets

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Usamah Harvey
2018/08/30

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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Kaelan Mccaffrey
2018/08/30

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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TheLittleSongbird
2018/08/05

Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes, Hanna Barbera, Studio Ghibli and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons. With significantly broader knowledge of different directors, animation styles and studios, actually appreciate and love it even more now.As has been said a few times already, 'The Discontented Canary' is fairly typical of Harmon-Ising (not enormous favourites of mine but understand their importance in animation history), leaning towards the cute kind of cartoon with a lot of sentiment in alternative to the laugh a minute and hilarious kind, the latter being the one that a lot seem to prefer (understandably, though am hardly biased against the former). This approach has varied with Ising. In some instances it has been very sweet and charming, in others it can be cloying and too cutesy. Generally 'The Discontented Canary' belongs in the former category, despite the danger of falling into the latter with the premise. 'The Discontented Canary' has a lot to like although not a great cartoon, not one to completely overlook if not a cartoon to watch repeatedly.Yes it gets a bit too saccharine in places and it is best perhaps to not talk about the story because there really isn't much of one. There could have been more energy too, it's not a dull cartoon but considering the basic idea it could have done with more liveliness. What 'The Discontented Canary' does so well however eclipses these problems. The animation is rich in detail for design and backgrounds, vibrant and crisp. The composer for the prime-era 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons and regular Tex Avery composer Scott Bradley provides a lush and atmospheric music score. The voice acting is also on point.It is hard not to fall in love with the fun characters, the cat being the most interesting, even if they are not especially distinctive, and it has enough likeability and personality to not be dull. 'The Discontented Canary' is rich in natural sweet charm and some very imaginative ideas and visuals in the flying moments. There is not much hilarious and the cartoon's hardly laugh a minute, but a good deal of it does raise a smile. The pace avoids being too draggy, although more energy wouldn't have gone amiss.Summarising, nice and pleasant to watch if not a must watch. 7/10 Bethany Cox

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talisencrw
2016/08/17

Decent cartoon indicative of its era, and included as a bonus on my 'Evelyn Prentice' DVD from my 5-film 'TCM Spotlight: Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection'. In it, the aforementioned bird longs to escape from its boring, caged, well-cared-for existence, so when his owner is distracted away and forgets to close the cage, the canary makes the most of this suddenly-presented opportunity and flies out of both the cage and an open window of the house itself. It then discovers 'the grass isn't always greener', as a dangerous black cat and stormy weather make only far too clear...I definitely hope to be a completist of these early animated works from the studio.

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Mozjoukine
2002/02/17

The MGM cartoons seemed to show more man hours but Isling did better than this Kiddy-pic about a canary who tries life in the wild, to the strains of "Man on the Flying Trapeze." Some of the flying material and the menacing black cat are good but this one hasn't got the energy of the early cartoons or the polish of the later ones. Most copies have lost the original color.

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