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This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

This is a Terrytoon musical wartime patriotic cartoon. There will be spoilers ahead:Terrytoons produced cartoons with patriotic themes during World War II, just like the other studios did. This one could be considered a poor man's Rhapsody In Rivets. While there are some nice bits in here, the cartoon itself is a minor effort. Decent enough for a Paul Terry short, but nothing special.At a shipyard, a golden eagle on a flagpole takes wing, to land at a podium, unfurl a blueprint and begin conducting a symphony. There follows a series of animals doing various construction-related tasks set to music. Various pieces of equipment and materials serve as instruments along the way, including cables on a crane as harp strings.One of the better gags was when a piece of equipment "shuffles" two stacks of metal sheets and then "deals" them into place along the keel of the ship to be riveted into place. There's also a semi-running gag where a monkey is sweeping up that has a little humor, but there are too many gags which go flat.This short is worth watching once.

Close up: the carved eagle atop a flagpole in a shipyard. The camera pulls back as the eagle flies off and, while animal performers and seagulls impatient wait, picks up a baton and conducts a medley of patriotic songs. While the music plays, shipyard workers put together a battleship in this wartime Terrytoon.Friz Freleng over at Leon Schlesinger's cartoon was the master of this synchronized musical cartoon, but Paul Terry's staff certainly knew how to do this sort of cartoon. From 1929 through 1932, that's what sound cartoons were: gags timed to a score, in this case still written by Terry's musical director, Philip Scheib back then and still written by and conducted by him. Techniques had advanced, but every studio did this sort of cartoon occasionally and this is a good example of the genre: no words, just music and well-executed gags. Sit back, enjoy the music and the fun.