Streamlined Greta Green (1937)

Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• old
• retro
• cartoon
• warner
• bros
• car
• 1937
• merry
• melodies

[ashokrayvenn]

Wow---what was the moral of that story?---he didn't listen to anyone and ended up creating mass destruction...these older cartoons show much more deviance and low moral standings then the politically correct cartoons of today..

[ArtsyEngineer]

@ashokrayvenn If there was one, it would be stop chasing after trains.

[SteveCarras]

This reminds me of MGM's "One Cab's Family" and of a hand drawn version of Pixar's "Cars".

[ArtsyEngineer]

@SteveCarras Well, it did precede all of them.

[ceredigio]

The very first time 'Merrily We Roll Along' was heard! tho without the 'doinnnnggg' effect that was to become so familiar later

[gnikcohs]

@SteveCarras Tex Avery's 1952 MGM cartoon, One Cab's Family, directly quotes this cartoon and is in effect a remake. But it has Avery's own stamp and we're lucky to have both. Avery seemed fascinated by the idea because he did it again in MGM's Little Johnny Jet in 1956. Nevertheless Streamlined Greta Green is a wonderful cartoon and that 30s look and feel, in color, is icing, lots of icing, on the cake. What this lacks, and Avery's has, is a kind of human touch, or intimacy, or believability..

[Kartoonkid95]

Funny. In "One Cab's Family" a taxi wants to be a racing car.

[durece100]

Almost an 8 minute cartoon.

[Swede1962]

Junior really shoulda mooned that road hog after he went under it.

[Swede1962]

I think after Junior be'omes a taxi, he's gonna get married and, maybe, his son might be Benny The Cab.