It sure doesn't look like most other Van Beuren cartoons I've seen!

"A Dizzy Day" is very much unlike other Van Beuren cartoons I have seen. The most obvious difference is the animation. Instead of detailed characters like most cartoons of the day, these looked very modern--like they were drawn by James Thurber or the artist who did the Little King comic, Otto Soglow. Wikipedia says it's based on Soglow--and I assume this is the case. This isn't a bad thing using this style-- just very odd. Additionally, the cartoon looks as if it was a silent with a few sound effects and music added later. It's mostly in pantomime and the few words you hear just seem pasted on instead of designed with the characters' lips moving.

As for the cartoon, it's pretty odd. It's about a guard on duty and a couple times he's an amazingly cold-hearted guy. Once you think he's going to rescue a woman--but instead he just slugs the screaming woman to shut her up!! Later, he pushes a cat into a sack and has every intention of drowning it! It's not the cruelest cartoon of the era, but it does come close!

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