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Philips Cavalcade (1934)

Philips Cavalcade poster
Directed by
George Pal
Genre
animation
Country
United States
Runtime
6 min
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a short animated advertisement for Philips that uses stop-motion puppets. A series of vignettes show products and brand imagery in a playful way.

whimsicalnostalgicplayfullightheartedcharmingvisualshortold-fashioned

What happens

Philips Cavalcade is a 1934 animated short film in the Puppetoon series. It was directed by George Pal. The short was a theatrical advertisement for Philips and was also included in the 1987 compilation film The Puppetoon Movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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