History of Animation Final pt 1. (STEROTYPES, RACE AND WARTIME PROPOGANDA) ART 227 Gladstone
Coal Black And De Seben Dwarfs
(1942, Clampett) The film is an all-black parody Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The characters are classic examples of race stereotyping. One of the most controversial cartoons in the Warner Bros. library, it is, nevertheless, often named as one of the best cartoons ever made, in part for its African-American-inspired jazz and swing music.
You're A Sap, Mr. Jap
(1942, D.Gordon) The first cartoon from the studio after the Fleischers' ouster. The cartoon was kept out of commercial release for years due to its racially offensive, but historically important, caricaturing of the Japanese.
Der Fuehrer's Face
(1942, J.Kinney) Originally titled "Donald Duck in Nutzi Land," the cartoon features Donald Duck in a nightmare setting working at a munitions factory in Nazi Germany, and was made in an effort to sell war bonds. A good example of American World War II propaganda.
Education For Death
(1943, C.Geronimi) is based on the non-fiction book by Gregor Ziemer, an American who lived in Germany until fleeing from the Nazis in 1939. The book highlights the Nazi schooling of young Germans, especially as it relates to preparing them for war.
Jungle Drums
(1943, D.Gordon)Directed by Dan Gordon, this is the fifteenth animated Superman short. It features a WWII propaganda theme (Superman vs. Nazi's) along with accepted African stereotypes of the period.
Private SNAFU
(1943-45) Coming!! Snafu (1943, Jones) and Booby Traps (1944, Clampett) Private Snafu is the title character of a series of instructional cartoon shorts, that were produced during World War II. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, etc. The premise is that, through his irresponsible behavior, Snafu demonstrates what not to do while at war
Russian Rhapsody
(1944, Clampett) mocks Adolf Hitler, showing him defeated by "Gremlins from the Kremlin" (many of them are caricatures of the Warner Bros. animation staff). This propaganda was meant to bolster our relationship with Russia, then our ally during WWII.
Song Of The South
(1946, W.Jackson) is based on Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus stories. The film's cheerful depiction of race relations in the Reconstruction-era South, remains controversial.
Evil Mickey Attacks Japan
(c.1934-36) An example of Japanese wartime propaganda, using cultural figures to represent the enemy (the Allied forces) as well as Japanese society.
Nimbus Libéré
(c.1943-44, Raymond "Cal" Jeannin) Nazi occupied Vichy France propaganda cartoon featuring a Jewish radio announcer broadcasting the imminent arrival Allied bombers, flown by Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Popeye, threatening innocent French civilians.
Uncle Tom & Little Eva
(1932, M.Davis, J.Foster) A broad burlesque of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat
(1940, W.Lantz) Notorious for its casually racist stereotypes, this cartoon has been withheld from distribution by Universal since 1949, after a strong objection was raised by the NAACP.
