Spooky Goings On

Buddy and lots of weirdness

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Film & Animation

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• animation

[gnikcohs]

Nice cartoon, but I do not see anything particularly Jewish in this guy.  In the novel Trilby, Svengali had plenty of Jewishness, but I always thought the Svengali of the 1934 Barrymore film was Hungarian, and do not see mad musicians or mad doctors as particularly Jewish, rather the contrary. Maybe it is the Bela influence, but once again, this kind of charismatic or mesmeric power seems more Hungarian. Not that Hungarians can't be Jews.

[KrazyKartoonKid]

@jpongsin2002 The copyright actually reads MCMXXXIV (1934)

[misharyutubbee]

This could be the inspiration for Squirell Nut Zippers' "Ghost of Stephen Foster!"

[opticalguy1954]

A fun cartoon (I suspect the one poster meant that this copy was from VHS and not MADE in VHS) but not as seriously odd as the Van Beuran or Fleischer cartoons of the same time. The villain is clearly patterned after John Barrymore's SVENGALI (1931 Warners) which you should all seek out. Yes, Svengali has a LOT of anti-Semitic elements ALL of which are present in the original novel.

[jpongsin2002]

re-released: Warner Bros productions corp. Released: Warner Bros. Pictures inc.

it was made in vhs.

[jpongsin2002]

I've Never Heard In Warner Bros. Productions Corporations Version: COPYRIGHT MCMLXXLLV WARNER BROS. PRODUCTIONS CORP. ALL RIGHTS REVERSED.

And TV Version: Copyright MCMLXXLLV Sunset Productions All Rights Reversed.

[alpharouna]

he's very jewish^^

[1952kid]

This is one of those cartoons i watched in the late 1950's and knew it was really old.

[Kartoonkid95]

The Mad Musician, as well as other villians from past Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies made cameos in the Beans cartoon, "A Cartoonist's Nigntmare" (1935).

[fromthesidelines]

Note in the phone book listing of "C" names at 3:02, at the very top of the page are Schlesinger animators "R. {Bob} Clampett" and "Ben Clopton". Bletcher is the voice of the "Mad Musician" (not "Buddy"), 'Ino'. Thanks!