When Nellie is on her way to bring lunch to Dan at the blacksmith shop, she accepts a ride from a tophatted fellow with a waxed mustache. After she slaps him, he ties her to the railroad tracks, takes a train from the nearby extensive rail yards and...
Well, you know how this is going to operate, even if you've never seen this movie. Dan, a tall, handsome young fellow who speaks in a Scowhegan accent, will race to her rescue. That's your basic meller plot, and a cartoon is no place to violate those conventions. No, a cartoon is about cramming some jokes into the tired conventions, and this one certainly does that.
Well, you know how this is going to operate, even if you've never seen this movie. Dan, a tall, handsome young fellow who speaks in a Scowhegan accent, will race to her rescue. That's your basic meller plot, and a cartoon is no place to violate those conventions. No, a cartoon is about cramming some jokes into the tired conventions, and this one certainly does that.
