(1930) The creepiest stop-motion cartoon ever: Hearts and Flowers. [4k, 60fps, colorized]

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Dolly Daisy in Hearts and Flowers is simply an oddly unnerving, vexatious, and disturbing short that sits smack dab in the middle of a dreamscape one step away from being a nightmare. Love never looked so creepy. Just a fun, weird little short to make you ponder just why all children's entertainment pre-Willy Wonka seemed to be designed to scare its intended audience.
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[@ludwigfan3013]

I'm getting a warning that those links are dangerous, otherwise I'd check them out

[@joeblow1942]

Not creepy at all.

[@drakemelee4135]

forgive me but was this actually old or did you make it yourself either way it looks great and felt like it would be from the 30's

[@mikesilva3868]

​@@joeblow1942agreed 😊

[@scottgamble7767]

Kudos to the one (or team) that did the restoration on this. I have seen others that pale by comparison. Haveing seen the previously posted (elsewhere?) B&W, unaltered extant copy, I can say that this restored one makes it truly beautiful to watch. Excelent color choices! One wouldn't know that it was colorized without your saying so!

[@RazorFriendly]

I only thought it was mildly creepy. More surreal than anything. I could see this as somehow inspiring Tim Burton.

[@Justul3ec]

To be honest Tim Burton isn’t as tiny bit interesting, anything churned out by the Disney machine is a huge turn off. I love the no name and highly talented.

[@RazorFriendly]

@@Justul3ec I'm not comparing this to Disney. I'm saying the style used here could have been an influence on Burton. Whether one finds him interesting or not is beside the point.

[@brooklyndweller]

Agreed - for me, its quite strange in a rather incoherent way. Not so much "creepy".

[@phillipsmith3102]

Funny you mention Tim Burton being inspired by this. Burton was inspired by a Czech performer & director named Jan Svankmajer who did suff just like this, actually much stranger!

[@user-th7el1lr9t]

А мне очень понравился мультфильм) В детстве кукольные мультфильмы казались немного странными, а сейчас воспринимаются вполне положительно.

[@nar2cc]

For those who are wondering since he did not credit, the song playing is called "Hearts and Flowers" 1899, it is not original to the video itself as the audio has been lost sadly.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Oh no, that's a shame but it works as a silent just like this!!

[@Beefy-Cheese]

You mean original score? Or actual audio?

[@nar2cc]

@@Beefy-Cheese When I was referring to the lost audio I meant the original score, I think you can understand why they used "Hearts & Flowers"" 1899 in the video.

[@joshualevy3634]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the animation was created to go with the music, wintermarchen @@nar2cc

[@drlmv9]

I got the musical reference. It was used quite a lot. But your mention of the lost audio suggests you know more about the original film. If you do, I'd like to know more. I'm curious about this strange little short now.

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

This isn't 'creepy.' I find it more endearing. Just imagine the amount of people out there, now long gone that had fond memories of this movie from their childhood. The styling is absolutely stunning.

[@mcmlxii4419]

Endearing? What about the woman who got her neck crushed in the window? That was endearing? What about the little boy with the fishing pole that got run over twice? That was endearing?

[@le96g]

Mind you, the boy who is ran over is the only black character :> @@mcmlxii4419

[@cndnphoenix]

@@mcmlxii4419 _Exactly_ what I was going to say!

[@lesterjargus5311]

@@mcmlxii4419yeah, more like hilarious. Hahaha.

[@jec123456]

@@mcmlxii4419 es arte puro, subrrealista, una obra de arte que algunos no ven mas alla

[@antoniocruz5596]

The faces of the characters are a bit odd, but I’m impressed with the production quality of this, considering how old it is.

[@Kipper5776]

I agree 100%, stop motion is always cool😊

[@sandramott8371]

I think it’s partially the lack of eyebrows

[@gloomyscribbles]

The surroundings are also weirdly twisty and bendy

[@joshuaDstarks]

You were a sailor boy. She said “see you later boy”. You weren’t good enough for her.

[@HadrianGuardiola]

😂✋

[@johnbauman4005]

​@@lednailsSo her name is "Brandy?"

[@okjeffy6581]

Sk8er Boi’s if it came out in 1902.

[@symonlynch3366]

What a good wife she would be.

[@veganandlovingit]

@@TonyMcGurk. don't worry just a play on words from song 'sk8er boi'

[@riochime386]

If you hate dolls this is weird but to me, this is awesome for the period it was created.

[@jimgibbons1]

Agreed.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

If you hate racism, then it's horrifying in any era.

[@paisleybabee]

@@johnmavroudis2054 I do but this is pretty mild on that. The guy on the bridge just gets bumped

[@JoseyWales44s]

@@johnmavroudis2054 If you see racism everywhere, you'll always be horrified.

[@tubekulose]

@@johnmavroudis2054 What do you consider racist here?

[@slimtimm1]

Running over the black guy fishing was just INSANE IMHO

[@chubbybeastfishing]

He had it coming

[@joelalexander4513]

lol!@@chubbybeastfishing

[@tzera_rhuon]

As a silver lining, he discovered break-dancing in the process.

[@chibee0203]

Not surprised, history is telling.

[@Aonexia]

Let me guess.... 😃

[@hyvemynd605]

i cant quite wrap my head around the palpable darkness behind this video...but its there and its loud as hell.

[@trevorjameson3213]

It's disgusting and very unpleasant to watch, almost naseating to watch. Distorted buildings, why? What is the meaning of that? Like a bad dream maybe? I don't get it. And the creepy faces, the violence, just the weirdness in general, why and to what end? If there is supposed to be a nice story in there, or humor, I'm not seeing it because I can't get past the overall 'nightmare' like vibe of it all.

[@jandenning6992]

Yes. The Asia man coming out of the ground. And repeatedly running over a black man????

[@jandenning6992]

Asian

[@kurtb8474]

These days people have an odd idea of what is ''creepy." I didn't think it was creepy at all.

[@BasedRedemption]

More like uncanny

[@joshuafredericksen5370]

It's no worse than anything Tim Burton has done. I enjoy stop motion animation, and this was good.

[@purplehermit1607]

Peeping on a girl getting dressed from a window isn't creepy? Dead window mom is totally charming 😂

[@rubies200]

​@@purplehermit1607Was that even a "girl", though? Those guys might have gotten a suprise ending, had things played out!

[@hd-xc2lz]

Agreed. Certain people today are just driven to find things to label creepy.

[@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat]

What an incredible piece of animation history.

[@RachelKozlowski-jf8gp]

Yeah! To think this was made almost 100 years ago is so cool

[@SunnySideRepair]

I thought it was awesome

[@DSH1LL]

The most "surreal stop-motion cartoon ever" would be my moniker of choice because identifying it as creepy minimizes the craft and artistic choices that went into this. Excellent colorization, thanks for posting!

[@pisceananarchyvortex7223]

No... it's better clickbait this way. I wouldn't have watched it otherwise. :)

[@scottreasons4746]

What's creepy is that parts of this set including the dolls could very well be locked away in a dark attic somewhere

[@brad4231]

Somehow the Sailor hiding in the bushes with a saxophone is the least weird part

[@user-mp9rd4hg8b]

Right? And that they were both peeping toms. And what's with her flexing? That was weird.

[@goatwarrior3570]

I mean, aren't we all just sailors hiding in the bushes with a saxophone?

[@user-mp9rd4hg8b]

@@goatwarrior3570 in one way or another, I reckon.

[@queenofswords6463]

I thought it was a smoking pipe! Haha!

[@estrellaanne1589]

Bro was puppy guarding

[@MyPalJimbo]

Wow!! I'm familiar with the original version, never imagined someone would clean it up and colorize it. Very cool!

[@prof.heinous191]

Well, tell us more, or are you teasing...

[@MyPalJimbo]

@@prof.heinous191 not teasing at all, search for Hearts and Flowers 1930 on KZbin and you'll see the original, it's in black and white and looks very beat up, time has not been too kind to it. It's the same thing as this, but this version here is all cleaned up and colored, it's amazing!

[@drlmv9]

@@prof.heinous191 Just providing an echo of your comment. I'd love to hear more about the original, presuming he's not teasing.

[@prof.heinous191]

Looking back, maybe he's talking about cleaning up scratches etc??@@drlmv9

[@carblarson8868]

Yes, do tell.

[@selfproclaimedintrovert5676]

I feel bad for the kid when the bridge collapsed and then he was run over twice. Talk about having bad luck.

[@sandyware5043]

Same thing I was thinking.❤❤❤❤❤

[@lordhoweproductions3733]

I guess the black died first in films even in the 30s lol. I felt bad for him too

[@arima_song]

@@lordhoweproductions3733 her mom died first

[@janetwestwood9194]

🫡✌️❣️🇬🇧

[@carnivalgods4573]

This is awesome. The nighttime backdrop gives shades of Corpse Bride and Jack Skellington feel before it was a thing. Good stuff.

[@martinmeoni8152]

What a piece of art!

[@FCS7]

Really though?

[@joeterp5615]

Indeed - it really is! Incredibly creative and so well done!

[@FCS7]

It's just a bloody cartoon. An overtly racist one at that.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

You spelled crap wrong.

[@giovanirafael]

I thought so as well! 💯

[@georgehenderson7783]

This was state-of-the-art in 1930.

[@carlosimotti3933]

Well not really. Aesthetically and in narration, this looks more from the 1910's. Maybe the clay stop motion technique itself was kind of recent. In 1930 there were already tons of great movies far beyond the static cameras, eg Chaplin's, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich ecc and all the expressionism from the 10's and 20's, the surrealism of Bunuel and Man Ray..

[@noahboat580]

The background is so surrealist, its almost like Dali done those backgrounds for this animation.

[@StarWolf_88]

This is really good stop motion! Also BRO KILLED THE MOON!!!

[@stevecharman8420]

Creepy or not it's certainly bizarre. Well done for bringing it to our attention.

[@benwherlock9869]

Bizarre or not it's certainly creepy.

[@minermann61]

a creepy bizarre done!

[@onetrueslave]

You guys are strange.

[@Mhel2023]

Don't forget to cancel the creaters of this cartoon on your way out😂

[@giovanirafael]

I didn't see anything bizarre 🤷🏽 it's actually pretty good!

[@stevemarshall3481]

I must have been quite saucy for the time, girl undressing in the bathroom, going off with one guy then changing her mind and going off with the other whilst flashing her knickers every so often 😂

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Not to mention the homicide.

[@EphemeralProductions]

Right before the hays code I imagine.

[@ikept_the_jethryk2421]

Its in line with the times- entertainment was lewder before the government started censoring it sometime in the 30s, up till the late 60s

[@lauralaladarling3775]

This is what is creepy; the boy-guy spying on a child undress with the sailor doing the same.

[@ataridc]

it was pretty hot

[@richardmendoza4389]

Creepy? Nah. Bizarre? Definitely. Yet interesting, too. Thanks for the upload

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

Well, I do think their faces look kinda creepy; those eyes and the way they move their mouths are really weird.

[@1FokkerAce]

The kid fishing and getting a bite on the bridge, and then the fish pulls down the whole bridge… 😂 That was not expected and pretty damn funny to be honest.

[@nikhansen8775]

I mean, the sign clearly said no fishing lol

[@JR-gc8el]

If you had one of these characters as a real live doll in your home staring at you, yes you definitely will be freaked out !

[@Blueskies_23]

jeez, talk about some tim burton creepiness. Did the mom die? that's what i'm guessing or at least horribly injured and man, what about that lil ole black kid, he got no respect. that little girl should have stayed in her damn room.

[@whiskeymonk4085]

The buhlack kid destroyed the bridge. They're still just as good as destruction today.

[@deane5306]

Racist🙄

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

Everyone in this thing got hurt aside from the guy with the gun. I'd say the girl got it the worst. After that balloon got shot she fell from the moon to the Earth.😂 I don't think anyone died though. If she didn't die from a fall like that then the rest were all licking their wounds somewhere off screen...lol!

[@FlowWolf7]

Kid tries to warn them and gets runover. How wholesome

[@starvideoproduction2045]

Wow! This is really cool. It's kind of cute too. I like the story. Amazing work for 1930.

[@laurencegoulty3196]

I found it quite charming

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

I don't think it's Creepy at all. It's like a Fleisher cartoon come to life. I like it. Creepy, disturbing and down right satanic would be the Baby Burlesque series.

[@JohnSmith-qx8ll]

Or anything from (((Hollywood))) after a certain group broke the production code

[@Cheerfultoday]

With Shirley Temple. This was how toddlers were exploited in the early movie days.

[@JSB1882]

I really liked this - it's beautifully done, and the colorization added to the film too.

[@lesliemartin3]

The best thing about these old stop motion productions is that everything takes on an exaggerated pace and form so it creates a dream like atmosphere that will always come across as strange and intriguing. My absolute favorite shows and movies when I was a kid were the ones that portrayed incredibly strange themes almost to the point of being horror but containing just enough of a humorous element to keep it kid friendly.

[@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b]

Warner Brothers animation before Merry Melodies, thanks for the restoration! As weird as it is, I stayed for the ending!

[@bellbookcandle3051]

Was it really Warner Brothers who did this?

[@plicketyplunk]

This is so charming and creative. I love it!❤

[@Mister_Listener]

Agreed. But i fell asleep before it was over. So it didnt hold my attention from a storytelling perspective. Thats ok. It was fun to watch!

[@giovanirafael]

Right?! I loved it too.

[@kurtisschilk1218]

This generation thinks everything is "creepy" This was made 100years ago, I think its brilliant,

[@AssassinKillua15]

This generation?? People have been creeped out by dolls and puppets for forever. That's not a new thing at all.

[@Grass_rock-kb7gi]

No you are just weird

[@kurtisschilk1218]

Thank you for proving my point! (weird & creepy are the same thing)@@Grass_rock-kb7gi

[@jordynsimmons1107]

as someone who loves vintage things this is creepy

[@estrellaanne1589]

I’m not sure this is a whole generational issue lol

[@ydarbnhoj]

Man what a fabulous print - whoever did the restoration did an amazingly good job of it…

[@viajeIectrico]

The -creepiest- coolest stop motion cartoon ever

[@untetheredmoon6971]

Why did he murder the moon at the end? Weird fever dream this was.

[@sTeVe-vl3nh]

I think, because she told her dad the moon clapped her bottom after kidnapping her out of her room's window. But i don't get why he shoots her in the sky and doesn't catch her 😂 Perhaps they want some serious gun action in the end?

[@EmilyTienne]

This is strikingly beautiful art. Creepy? No way.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Racist? Yes way.

[@EmilyTienne]

@@johnmavroudis2054 Then call it racist, but don’t call it creepy.

[@aesthetix3398]

But it doesn’t make any sense like someone explain it to me

[@Justul3ec]

Wonderful well thought out example of stop motion the sets were lovely ! There is a sweetness to the old world the new generations have no idea of.

[@TheSlegi]

eeeh wouldn't say it was creepy, but surely an interesting piece of history and art to witness. Thanks for sharing :)

[@HalfWarrior]

Amazing the amount of work in this for the time it was made. The poor kid fishing on the bridge was having a hard day.

[@ossoduro7794]

The po chile on the bridge was depicted precisely because they often bring ruin and then linger and loiter on the road. They're always marching about and bellyaching for someone to come bail them out from the trouble they've caused themselves and others when really they don't matter that much.

[@lohaye3260]

I was going to say the same thing 😅

[@tankianeville8969]

Of course he did he was black. They did that intentionally 🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@ossoduro7794]

@@tankianeville8969 The horror!

[@lindsayb1329]

​​@@tankianeville8969i thought that was disturbing also and intentional

[@kat66meow]

I don’t think this is creepy at all! I think it’s pretty brilliant for being from the 1930’s. And it’s far advanced for its time! I loved it, personally!!! 🖤😻🖤🫶🏼🖤

[@uhfch2358]

This is no more creepy, strange or bizarre than Guillermo del Toro’s, Pinocchio. This type of filmmaking has existed from its inception.

[@Plastic_Ivory]

Extremely eerie.

[@bowieupland6112]

Hardly.

[@Plastic_Ivory]

@bowieupland6112 Well, I find it very uncanny.

[@Happyradio1234]

all of the people who made this are dead now

[@-dash]

For stop motion, I feellike the original framerate would be better than AI frame interpolation. Upscale the frames all you want with AI, but it seems wrong to interpolate the frames

[@slacktoryrecords4193]

Totally agree. I have no idea where people got this idea that vintage motion pictures need to have their frame rates boosted to unnatural numbers, or why it’s proliferated. It’s film. Don’t try to make it look like something that was shot on a digital camera this year. Even on my iPhone, I never record videos at a frame rate of higher than 24.

[@janetcarbone4213]

Point well taken and while I agree the normalization of the frame movement takes away from the historical context of the film; the regular motion does make the characters more relatable. Both forms of historical film have value

[@justindtackett]

The dolls were creepy, but the story and humor was surprising and genuinely funny. The tropes of the sailor, and Chinese coming out of the ground. Hillarious. And when she falls from the sky and he try’s to catch her but she hits the ground anyway? The the fence post being super long!!! Man. Hillarious.

[@EphemeralProductions]

Agreed! The first time I saw it I was cackling! lol

[@emmytolkein3320]

Well it did go all the way to China lol

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@emmytolkein3320 lol

[@PerryPerfectPerson]

@@EphemeralProductionsyou thought…but was funny that the black kid got. Ran over twice with no remorse???

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@PerryPerfectPerson yes. lol. I thought the WHOLE THING was funny!

[@joeterp5615]

Loved this! Quite a creation for the time - or anytime! Reminds me a little of the Wallace and Gromit stop-motion which came about 60 years later!

[@MauT850]

Do not trust her.

[@nigelcarren]

Incredible piece of work! I love how the characters still have the look of the century before. ❤️🏆🎥

[@angelapaul4064]

It's racist!

[@giovanirafael]

​@@angelapaul4064 oh go touch some grass pls! 🙄🤡

[@budb.8560]

Imaginative but quite bizarre indeed. Pretty good work for 1930.

[@davidmitchell6873]

The black kid was a victim of multiple hit and runs.

[@gabyfields3235]

That sailor boy reminds me of that spooky sailor doll from over 100 years ago, that is supposed to be haunted and which supposedly has brought death to its owners over the years. It is somewhere in a museum.

[@davidricobene9024]

Are you talking about Robert the Doll?

[@MidnightAndLuna]

@@davidricobene9024I was just about to say the same thing.

[@gabyfields3235]

Yes, I meant Robert the sailor doll!😮

[@MidnightAndLuna]

@@gabyfields3235 it does remind me of Robert The Doll

[@American_Gunslinger]

Yeah, I can see where you get that.

[@Lifesizemortal]

I appreciate the upload but please don't interpolate old footage to 60fps it looks awful

[@slacktoryrecords4193]

THANK YOU.

[@kenbob1071]

The fact that they ran over the black guy twice and didn't check to see if he was ok, says a lot about the 1930s.

[@BryghtTheLyght]

Said the same thing

[@edwardfortae2350]

What about the Chinese man coming out of the ground. More racist that the other imo.

[@N3omega]

Some people had them as family and not slaves due to irish slaves too prob

[@tarmancrothers1220]

That was the best part

[@matrox]

Who else here thought after blowing the balloon up she was going to fly away and land where the black guy was and date him instead of the 2 white guys?!!🤣😂

[@wurly164]

Probably no one

[@epiphonium]

That was amazing ! great colorizing and stuff !

[@michaelrojas4136]

This was just guys playing with their instruments while looking in someone's window before committing multiple hate crimes. I thought we all agreed to call that Chicago.

[@AAV29]

I've really enjoyed discovering this channel about a month ago. I don't find this creepy, I think it's artistry.

[@artyzinn7725]

reminds me of something tim burton would make

[@Classic_Rock_Chick]

You weren’t kidding when you said this was creepy. This is nightmare-creepy, LOL!

[@hd-xc2lz]

I wouldn't call it creepy, but the girl leaving her clearly injured beau for the sailor with a car was ugly behavior.

[@shrinebox]

WOW. What a double- or triple-dose of Weird THAT was! Thanks for posting it. Definitely a love story without an ending....but not in the best sense.

[@scottgamble7767]

I'm normally opposed to modern tampering with vintage films, but I've seen this one unrestored and in B&W and I gotta admit, this reworking helps the short incredibly! The clean-up looks fantastic and the colorization is top knotch (at least it looks that way on my phone). Kudos to those who worked on this restoration/colorizing!!

[@effhorst]

I'm sure, that guy was knocked over twice, only because he was a POC 😉

[@Lizard-88]

Лица кукол очень сильно напоминают лицо главного героя мультсериала "Злобный мальчик" ("Angry Kid", 1999-2002). А так анимация впечатляет. Спасибо за реставрацию!👍

[@sadie4479]

Omg I forgot about Angry Kid 😂

[@calidingoVIII]

I have no idea what people's perception of "creepy" is nowadays, but this is not creepy at all in the slightest. This is amazing!

[@chaswalk1000]

I'm pretty sure the most disturbing part was the old woman with two head trauma events left with a window crushing her neck.

[@hugejohnson5011]

Leaving her for dead was creepy for sure! Also, why was Sailor Boy hiding in the bushes? And what was that thing that grew from the ground when Lover Boy pulled up the fence post? So much more as well. So many questions!

[@stephentresca3536]

This was not really creepy but strange. It was right after the stock market crash and three years before prohibition ended. Just two guys competing for a girls love. The love Pirate 😂

[@technoman9000]

What's creepy was the AI upscaling!

[@fernando4117]

Wow very artistic, I feel like this has everything in it from weird to dark to happy to teamwork to comedy adventure etc.. very well put together.

[@trevorjameson3213]

Definitely dark, not sure about creepy though, as the title suggests. The weird, distorted shapes of the buildings and windows is disturbing and does not fit with reality, so this is like a bad dream where things are distorted. The faces of the characters are also dark and very strange, unrealistic, weird. As a result of the odd scenes, I'm not paying attention to any humor involved, not sure if it's humor or just darkness. Certainly not pleasant by any means, at least to me.

[@pjparkwood9277]

Background music, "Hearts and Flowers" by Alphonz Czibulka is also known as "The Cruel Landlord".

[@barrysmith4588]

when you marry your sister.....

[@user-qt7nq5xl1m]

This is fabulous and fascinating. Is this claymation in it's very early stage or a combination of animation and claymation? I constantly seek out these early film clips because of the intimate details they seem to display. I appreciate this channel.

[@dmann1115]

It's not claymation, it's stop motion with dolls, or possibly marionettes, worked without strings. Very creative.

[@vladimirputindreadlockrast812]

Quite a work of art.

[@brucelawson642]

AWESOME. A lot of work went into this.😊

[@elyornoyovanna5482]

Esto no es espeluznante en absoluto Es nostalgicamente hermoso

[@videosladvd7823]

lo es

[@ivyrivera8081]

Verdad que sí 👍🏼

[@Colledal1995]

To whoever says this is not creepy at all, it hella is as much as weird and disturbing to me. Holy those puppets designs.

[@michaelbruvolt4221]

It was not creepy for the time in which it was made. Back then they probably saw the dolls as cute

[@HalfWarrior]

If your screen name refers to your birth year; it’s understandable that you would think this is creepy.

[@nono-yb1po]

@@HalfWarrior it's also understood that you are old and about to die

[@michaelbruvolt4221]

@@nono-yb1po don't get smug. No one knows when their time is up. You could go long before someone who is much older. Don't be cocky.

[@Colledal1995]

@@HalfWarrior it does not 😅

[@KOBUSmusic]

Very cool! Love the sets.

[@brittlizzzzzz]

All the work that must've went into this is crazy. It's cute

[@pa5287]

blimey back then just as mad 🤣

[@rubies200]

​@josephaschiero2204They had cocaine in their drinks??? No wonder this looks like a fever nightmare!

[@rubies200]

@josephaschiero2204 I wonder if they worked! Seems you'd have to keep taking it...oh, I see!😆

[@kesagatame]

Chucky has nothing on these guys

[@christophedevos3760]

The creepiness is more a result of the sets resembling 'Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari' - and maybe a little bit the faces of the Bellmer-like dolls, but the animation is pretty good I think, with the wind car and all, very contemporary. 😊 Thanks for sharing.

[@HighlandRoad87]

I'm thinking "Love Pierot" that is printed on the sail is a reference to Commedia dell'Arte from the 19th century. Pierrot was always the dejected lover in the scenario who pined after the damsel Columbine, but always lost out to Harlequin. The misspelling of Pierrot was likely intentional in order to paint the characters as uneducated simpletons. Just a guess.

[@anthroimperzia3927]

This isnt creepy, its nostalgic and beautiful.

[@TheUluxian]

A young Tim Burton saw this and said "Yeah! That's what I wanna do.." "..but I think I'll take it down a notch."

[@pammahon3786]

I actually am loving this cartoon! It is so far ahead of its time. I love the dolls or whatever they are made of. And the expression on their faces

[@1971bdott]

Imgoing to guess there is a sound track missing from this film. very well done thanks for sharing

[@robturner3065]

The music playing is most likely original since the name of the piece is "Hearts and Flowers." It was a popular trope used by silent movie theatre pianists to convey sadness or sentimentality

[@billgallaher339]

Could have been done by Tim Burton's grandfather. The animation was impressive tho.

[@hugejohnson5011]

Pretty creepy overall, in the vibe I'd say. And them leaving the mother dead with the window on her neck seals the creep label in my eyes! Other creepy aspects? That thing that comes out of the ground when lover boy pulls up the fence post, Sailor Boy hiding in the bushes, Fisherman being run down a couple of times. And, I didn't know that one could fill balloons with their own breath, and make them lighter than air, and take flight to the Moon!

[@i_wouldprefer_not_to1196]

I loved the animation but...the nightmare faces on the dolls 😱

[@sharksport01]

The fence post was so long it went to China. That was a Chinese person who came out of the hole.

[@hugejohnson5011]

@@sharksport01 I hadn't looked at it again until your comment, and I agree with you fully! Even the doll's eyes, face, and drawn-on clothing look Chinese. Thank you!

[@liberioescriba6158]

black guy in movies dying first since 1930

[@michellehawkins1027]

Actually, the mom in the window died first.

[@myidentityisinjesus8880]

Only red shirts in Star Trek die first.

[@kenedwards5626]

The puppets themselves are the creepy part.

[@marklipson]

My favourite part is the highway drive across the country. The non-scrolling background with the telephone poles is gorgeous. When they come to the boy fishing and the bridge collapses, what we see is a fever dream; insane beauty for one-hundredth of a second.

[@reesedesigns]

i think the point about describing creepiness of this piece, is not it’s story , is the fact that that whole state of mind and it’s current surroundings is what makes it creepy, the way it cements a time capsule to its way of creating and communicating is what makes it creepy , that it took someone’s sad and somewhat perverse thinking imagination for that era is what makes its point

[@Pellagrah]

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle totally ripped off the plot of this one. The love interest, the moon getting shot...it's all coming together.

[@jfakoggl]

Creepy if you don't like dolls in film - because they mostly are creepy characters therein. Otherwise this short is quite interesting and innovative and far away from Disney's obtrusive and exaggerated cheerfulness.

[@trevorjameson3213]

Dolls are always creepy (like chuckie), and Clowns are also creepy (like Pennywise)

[@barrettpickett5603]

This was really lovely. And her going down the picket fence ladder as every step disappears. And is like for a minute got to go because you are broke down. Ha, ha.

[@TheGrayton2000]

Beautiful

[@RS3DArchive]

Nothing creepy about seeing early stop-motion animation and Vitaphone. It probably looks a lot better in Black and White, but most colorized things do.

[@ATCRyderX]

The Black Kid is pure gold. The no eye lids isn't great but otherwise: pretty normal I guess. Other than the moon. Anyone who puts a face on the moon is not welcome in my home nor should they be allowed near Children or Pets.