Pencil Mania

Pencil Mania

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 8, 1932

Runtime

0h 7m

Genres

Animation

User Score

55%

Original Title

Pencil Mania

Production Companies

Van Beuren Studios

Director

Vernon Stallings

Description

This Tom and Jerry cartoon (the human versions, not the cat and mouse) is an opportunity for the animators to have fun with the medium. There is no specific plot. One of the boys uses a pencil to create a myriad number of animated illusions that could only work in a cartoon. For example, a short vertical line is drawn, which when held by both ends suddenly becomes a saxophone. When played, the notes pop out of the bell of the instrument to suddenly grow legs and transform into ducks. After the song, the saxophone itself quickly follows suit and becomes a goose. The entire short consists of these disjointed, though often creative and humorously unlikely events.