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Hoppity Goes to Town (1941)

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15:20-16:55 Tue 16th Feb 2010 95m
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Synopsis

Partially inspired by Frank Capra's Mr Deeds Goes to Town, this was one of the first animated features not to be based on a classic children's fable. However, the weakness in the storyline was to prove the film's undoing. Neither Hoppity the grasshopper's battle with the villainous C Bagley Beetle for the attentions of the drippy Honey Bee nor the insect colony's need to find new lodgings is enchanting enough to fire the imagination or hold the attention. The artwork is pleasing, but the voiceovers are as feeble as the songs, from the usually dependable Frank Loesser and Hoagy Carmichael.