Flip the Frog – Fiddlesticks (1930)
Filed under: Animation, 1930s, Celebrity Productions, Musical, U.S.A.,
Flip the Frog – Fiddlesticks
Directed by: Producers:Ub Iwerks
Animated by:Ub Iwerks
Fred Kopietz
Tony Pabian
Music by: Studio:Celebrity Productions, Inc.
Release date:16/08/1930
Running time:6 min
Color process:Technicolor (2 strip)
Synopsis
A straight forward narrative following flip and assorted animals making music.
Hmm… that mouse looks familiar. Perhaps its fitting that one of the earliest (if not the first) in a long line of cartoons to plagiarize Mickey Mouse’s likenesses was made by one of his creators.
References:
IMDb. “Fiddlesticks”. IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020880/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt.