Dixie Days (1930)
- Directed by
- Mannie Davis, John Foster
- Genre
- animation
- Country
- United States of America
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a cartoon set in the Southern United States, enslaved African caricatures defy their owner and free themselves. This 1930 animated short retells the story of Uncle Tom's Cabin with sound and music.
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What happens
Dixie Days (also known as Uncle Tom and Little Eva) is a 1930 animated short film which was produced by The Van Beuren Corporation and released by Pathé Exchange. The film, which was directed by John Foster and Mannie Davis, is a take on Uncle Tom's Cabin, as it featured African caricatures as slaves, as they defy their owner and free themselves from them. The name of the film means the cartoon took place in the Southern United States, as Dixie is the nickname of the South. Released on March 9, 1930, the cartoon is also part of the early sound cartoon series entitled Aesop's Sound Fables, but is not based on an Aesop fable. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Eliza on the Ice (1944)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.