Box Car Blues
| Box Car Blues | |
|---|---|
Max Maxwell | |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | 15 December 1930 (USA) |
Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Box Car Blues, released in 1930, is the fifth title in the
Plot
The film opens with a "toot-toot" and a
The train straightens itself at the top of the hill but then goes over a
Bosko lifts a small
The cow starts galloping down the
The cow sees a tree and comes to halt, causing the boxcar to flatten it against the tree. The cow then unravels itself, in the manner of an accordion and walks away, whilst pieces of the shattered boxcar rain down including Bosko and the pig, who fall onto a flat, open wagon. The pig opens an umbrella to shield them from the falling debris. When the pig finally puts his umbrella away, assuming that the debris has stopped falling, one last piece falls directly on his head. This gives him a large bump and he starts to cry. Bosko dries his tears and pushes off down the track on the little wagon. He starts playing the banjo and singing as the pig cheers up and starts to sing along with him. They disappear into a tunnel as we see the closing credits.
Other
This short is said to feature only rudimentary backgrounds although most other titles in the series include more complex backgrounds.[3]
The gag involving a cow getting smashed against a tree and turning into an accordion is later reused in
The engine on the train is at first being a 2-2-0 engine or a Planet type and is now an 0-4-0 while climbing the hill.
References
- ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ Johnson, Gary. "Bosko uncensored". Images Journal (9). Retrieved July 16, 2008.
External links
- Box Car Blues at IMDb
- Box Car Blues on YouTube
