Banned Cartoons

These seven short animated cartoons have never been broadcast although they were made by prestigious studios in the genre's heyday. BANNED CARTOONS shows these censored films without any commentary, which challenges us to understand why they were banned in the first place. Viewing them in the context of moral values prevelant at that time is one way to investigate the reasons.

In our enlightened day and age, the subtle eroticism seen in some of these 'toons will no longer ruffle any feathers. But the disgraceful, distasteful and disrespectful racism in “Scrub Me Momma” will. The use of product placement is equally outlandish and the film “Easy Does It” is pure advertising. It plugs Stokely Van Camp, a real life company known today as the ConAgra Foods Corporation. Granted, this type of in your face product placement is taboo nowadays, but frankly, it is much more entertaining than the commercials on the boob tube today!

Credits

Original Title: Banned Cartoons
Language: English Original version
Country of Origin: USA
Year : 1934-1946
Duration: 64 Min.
Color, b/w
Director: U.B. Iwerks, Max Fleischer, Walter Lantz, Soglow, Hugh Harman et al.