Uncle Tom's Bungalow

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Uncle Tom's Bungalow
Directed byFred Avery
Story byBen Hardaway
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringBilly Bletcher
Bernice Hansen
Elvia Allman
Mel Blanc
Roy Glenn[1]
Narrated byTedd Pierce[2]
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation bySid Sutherland
Virgil Ross
Color processTechnicolor
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • June 5, 1937 (1937-06-05)
Running time
8 minutes (one reel)
LanguageEnglish

Uncle Tom's Bungalow is an American

stereotypical portrayals of black characters. The cartoon plays off Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel in that it portrays Uncle Tom as an old man, and wooden shacks and cotton fields pervade the scenery. Director Tex Avery adds his own sense of humor and "trickster" animation, giving the classic theme a modern, humorous twist.[6]

In 1968, the cartoon became a part of the Censored Eleven, a group of cartoons withheld from syndication by the television arm of United Artists due to the controversy surrounding their racially stereotypical content. Brief segments did, however, appear in Turner Entertainment's 1989 home video release, Cartoons For Big Kids, hosted by Leonard Maltin.

Summary

After a narrator introduces the players, Simon Simon Legree (pronounced Seemoan Seemoan), a greedy

social security, but it is soon revealed that he earned his newfound fortune by playing craps
cheating with loaded dice.

Withdrawal

The cartoon was included in the Censored Eleven, as it was deemed offensive by United Artists, and it is currently withheld from distribution.[citation needed] However, it was exhibited once, along with other films as part of "The Censored Eleven" at the TCM Film Festival in Hollywood on April 24, 2010, as part of a classic film series, presented by Donald Bogle.[7]

Reception

On June 1, 1937, Selected Motion Pictures called the film "an interesting travesty in Technicolor of the well-known story." The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures called it "highly amusing."[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Censored 11: "Uncle Tom's Bungalow" (1937) |".
  2. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5
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  3. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2
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  4. ^ bcdb.com May 9, 2011
  5. ^ The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films, 1907–1954; Christopher P. Lehman; page 62
  6. ^ Lehman 61
  7. ^ "TCM Classic Film Festival 2015". Classic Film Festival 2015.
  8. ISBN 978-0810832503
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