A young worm is chased by the Early Bird, but then two crows and a snake join the chase.A young worm is chased by the Early Bird, but then two crows and a snake join the chase.A young worm is chased by the Early Bird, but then two crows and a snake join the chase.
Marion Darlington
- Early Bird
- (uncredited)
Charles Mack
- Two Crows
- (archive sound)
- (uncredited)
George Moran
- Two Crows
- (archive sound)
- (uncredited)
The Rhythmettes
- Vocalists
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Rudolf Ising(uncredited)
- Writer
- Carman Maxwell(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe two lazy crows likely are derived from Stepin Fetchit (born Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry), whose name originated from his and his vaudeville partner's stage names of "Step" and "Fetchit". (Those names, in turn, had been coined after Perry won money at the racetrack betting on a horse named "Step and Fetch It".) When Perry went solo, he integrated the two names into one and later assumed it professionally.
- GoofsSometimes the bird and the worm cast shadows on the ground and other times they do not.
- SoundtracksIn the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
Music by Egbert Van Alstyne
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A bluebird goes out early to pursue a young, pipe-playing worm who's mother has warmed him about the early bird.
If you've read my reviews of other Harman & Ising cartoons from the middle of the 1930s, you'll know I respect their technical abilities and color design, but despise their stories, which are intended to satisfy morons: not just moronic children, but their parents who seem to live in perpetual fear that their children will see something naughty and find it irresistible. Is good behavior so deathly dull the way these people see it?
Perhaps. This is made a little worse by having Mack & Moran do a couple of voice-overs. They were blackface comics of the era, wildly popular and not in the least funny.
If you've read my reviews of other Harman & Ising cartoons from the middle of the 1930s, you'll know I respect their technical abilities and color design, but despise their stories, which are intended to satisfy morons: not just moronic children, but their parents who seem to live in perpetual fear that their children will see something naughty and find it irresistible. Is good behavior so deathly dull the way these people see it?
Perhaps. This is made a little worse by having Mack & Moran do a couple of voice-overs. They were blackface comics of the era, wildly popular and not in the least funny.
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- boblipton
- Jun 16, 2023
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- Happy Harmonies (1935-1936 Season) #6: The Early Bird and the Worm
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- Runtime9 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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