This cartoon was included as an extra on my 'Manhattan Melodrama' DVD from my 5-film TCM Spotlight's 'Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection', and was the first of MGM's 'Happy Harmonies' series. It's decent and quite representative of animation from the period, from my experiences in this field. The negative is that it had then-typical stereotyped views of Native Americans, but on the plus side, it encouraged friendship, as in the flashback, the pioneer's life was spared when the chief about to attack him heard from the child that he saved its life. I hope to check out the others in this ser…
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The Old Pioneer
1934 EN 8 min
Overview
In this first entry in MGM's Happy Harmonies series, an old man tells a newsboy about his adventures with Native Americans in the Old West.
Release date
29/09/1934
Votes
5
Popularity
0.5
Original Soundtrack
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Dances with Wolves
Manitou's Shoe
Shanghai Noon
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Valley of Death
Battles of Chief Pontiac
Little Big Man
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Almost Heroes
A Man Called Horse
Duel at Diablo
Comanche Station
White Wolves
Carry On Cowboy
Treasure of Silver Lake
Wild Gals of the Naked West
Across the Divide
The Burrowers
Young Guns II