Honeymooning couples of various animal species take a rocket ship excursion to the moon. Spectacular lunar scenery.Honeymooning couples of various animal species take a rocket ship excursion to the moon. Spectacular lunar scenery.Honeymooning couples of various animal species take a rocket ship excursion to the moon. Spectacular lunar scenery.
Pinto Colvig
- Various
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Margie Hines
- Various
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jack Mercer
- Various
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Mae Questel
- Various
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Seymour Kneitel(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRather than making animated backgrounds using drawings the Fleischers pioneered the idea of using either models or cutouts mounted on a turntable. The table was slowly spun and photographed. The foreground animation was then placed in front of the photographed backgrounds. This not only saved hundred of hours of drawing but also lent a 3D effect to the background. It was used here and in numerous "Popeye" cartoons.
- ConnectionsEdited into Betty Boop Confidential (1995)
- SoundtracksDancing on the Moon
Music by Murray Mencher
Lyrics by Charles Tobias
Played during the opening credits, at the beginning and often throughout the picture
Sung by various characters
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Apart from the unusual use of Cinecolor, it's pretty much crap.
I realize that my summary is VERY judgmental, but most of the cartoons of the 30s were, compared to those of the 40s and 50s, really crappy. Most tended to have lots of singing and dancing as well as cutesy characters. Edgy, they were not! "Dancing on the Moon" is just such a cartoon--full of cutesy characters and jam-packed with LOTS of singing from start to finish. Folks of the 30s might have enjoyed this, but you'd be hard-pressed today to find any kids who would sit still for this boring stuff! And, if you showed it to prisoners, Amnesty International would raise a fuss!
The cartoon begins with a god-awful song ("Dancing on the Moon") and it continues throughout the film. There isn't a lot of plot--just lots of animal couples taking a Buck Rogers-style ship to the moon where they cavort about and smooch. That is, all but a sad cat whose girlfriend is left behind. That's all there is to it--cutesy animals singing and singing and singing. Yuck. The only reason I even gave this one a 3 is because the Cinecolor (another form of Two-Color Technicolor) was innovative and interesting and, as usual, the Fleischer studio did nice quality animation--even if it did make most things look orangy and greenish and the plot was pure torture.
The cartoon begins with a god-awful song ("Dancing on the Moon") and it continues throughout the film. There isn't a lot of plot--just lots of animal couples taking a Buck Rogers-style ship to the moon where they cavort about and smooch. That is, all but a sad cat whose girlfriend is left behind. That's all there is to it--cutesy animals singing and singing and singing. Yuck. The only reason I even gave this one a 3 is because the Cinecolor (another form of Two-Color Technicolor) was innovative and interesting and, as usual, the Fleischer studio did nice quality animation--even if it did make most things look orangy and greenish and the plot was pure torture.
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- planktonrules
- Nov 2, 2012
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- Voyage dans la lune
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- Runtime8 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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