Winkle with a Few Wrinkles
Hey those happy little guys are back! RKO/Van Beuren recycled the model designs from “The Sunshine Makers” for the dwarfs in “Molly Moo Cow and Rip Van Winkle,” made later the same year (1935.) This time out the gang seems to be drinking stronger brew than that sunshine juice from yesterday’s epic, so it’s not surprising things turn from cheerful to rambunctious pretty quickly.
Actually, the dwarfs and Old Rip himself are really supporting characters in this toon, directed by Burt Gillett and Tom Palmer — the title Moo Cow is the main attraction here. The bovine buffoon starred in a handful of cartoons about this time, but never caught on as a popular character — maybe that certain androgynous quality had something to do with it. I mean, her name is Molly, right? And she is a cow, right? But there is no udder. And that voice definitely is male. So, what’s up with that? Does that bother anyone else?
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