'Flip The Frog' in SODA SQUIRT [[Cartoon; 1933; 6 Mins.)

**Methuselah2** · 07-27-2015, 10:08 PM

Created by Ub Iwerks
[[co-creator with Walt Disney of 'Mickey Mouse')

https://youtu.be/FbBr85uyFPU

Thanks to MrXnews2 for this YouTube posting.

**arr&bee** · 07-28-2015, 02:05 PM

Where do you find these tresures, i haven't seen this thing in years...and for you youngsters,yes there were four marx bros.

**Methuselah2** · 07-28-2015, 02:48 PM

Oh, want me to reveal my sources, do ya'? OK, Arr&bee, I will: Yesterday, I saw the new documentary DO I SOUND GAY? that just opened. It contained a brief clip of the effeminate character that turns up in SODA SQUIRT, so I went looking for it on YouTube since I enjoy animation and wanted to see the whole cartoon. And there it was--and in a great print, too. Thought it was definitely worth posting on SDF. Glad you enjoyed it. The movie stars also appearing in it were a real surprise. And I agree with you--having the 4 Marx Bros. was a very nice touch--and very right for 1933. But I was mostly surprised by the inclusion of the effeminate character and the ridicule taken with it. Cartoons of that time very often had a great deal of subtext to them as I'm sure you know--sometimes surprisingly so. But I was still surprised to see it in this.

**arr&bee** · 07-28-2015, 03:10 PM

Yep,back then[gay]meant happy as in the gay devorcee[1933]fred astair-ginger rodgers.

**Methuselah2** · 08-02-2015, 03:41 PM

Here' a photo of British actor Tyrell Davis from George Cukor's OUR BETTERS [[1933). It seems the character in the SODA SQUIRT cartoon may have been based on the character he played in Cukor's movie. Tyrell Davis was known for often playing such characters.

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**arr&bee** · 08-03-2015, 06:19 PM

Yeah that hand is kinda limp.

**arr&bee** · 08-03-2015, 06:22 PM

1933,interesting year-f.d.r. Is elected as the great depression rages on,king kong is released[in theaters] the washington senators reach the wolrd series for what will be the last time in thier history.