Fiddlesticks (1930 film)

Fiddlesticks is a ground-breaking 1930 animated cartoon film. It was the first animated sound film that was photographed in two-strip Technicolor. It was also Ub Iwerks's first cartoon since he departed from Walt Disney's studio.

This is the first film in the Flip the Frog series. It was released on 16 August, 1930 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was produced at Pat Powers' Celebrity Pictures, and was recorded on Powers' Cinephone. The short is 6 minutes, 12 seconds long.

Plot synopsis

Flip is seen dancing on lilypads until he reaches land and dries himself off. He walks to a party, where he performs a dance for the audience, accidentally climbing to a spider web. He also performs a duet, with an unnamed mouse on violin, and Flip on piano. They perform two songs, which on the first, the mouse starts crying, as do Flip and the piano. The second song makes Flip start hugging the piano, who kicks Flip. The cartoon ends with Flip beating on the piano - he kicks all the piano keys into the air, and they drop onto him.

External links

• Fiddlesticks at IMDb
• [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCt7xQ4kRRM Watch the Film Online!