Monday 13 March 2017

A fairy tale that leaves a bad taste

Three Little Pigs (1933)

Directed by Burt Gillett this animated cartoon has voices by Pinto Colvig, Billy Bletcher, Mary Moder and Dorothy Compton. Three pigs build houses from three different types of material then get menaced by a wolf.

For most of the cartoon this is a really good adaptation of a classic fairy tale right up to the point where the wolf dresses up as a Jewish stereotype then it leaves a bad taste. If you can look past the anti-Semitism this is a good film but that element does rather stick out. The animation is good as our the songs.


3/5

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