This is Paul Terry’s take on the 1895 George du Maurier story, ‘Trilby’, about a simple girl model in 1850’s Paris who is hypnotized into becoming a singing star by the sinister Svengali. Her best song is the 19th century staple ‘Ben Bolt’. Trilby was a huge hit in its day, presenting to late Victorian audiences the bohemian Paris of fifty years before. It was filmed several times, including a big hit version in 1931 called ‘Svengali’, starring John Barrymore. Terry made a cartoon about something everyone was talking about when he was a kid. I saw it on tv when I was eight, and got totally creeped out. What a strange concept, luring people to their doom by hypnotizing a pretty girl to sing a sentimental ballad. But I later found out, the original story is even stranger. A lot of Terrys work is repetitive and formulaic, but he had his moments.
Just an observation: Scarlett O'Hara (Vivian Leigh) sings a portion of that, "Sweet Alice" song in the 1939 movie, "Gone With the Wind" beginning with the lyric, "...she wept with delight when you gave her a smile, and trembled at your frown...". It was in the morning-after scene when she wakes up singing following a probable tempestuous and very satisfactory night with Rhett Butler.
It implies she must have been conscious of what was happening the whole time - just hypnotically paralyzed so she could not show it. It would also explain why the sawmill. In classic melodrama, the villain would tie the heroine to a sawmill log, to have her in terror as she watched her death approach. It makes no sense here, if the heroine is unconscious. But if she is paralyzed but aware of everything, tho unable to show it, this would make some sense. Note she is not tied to the log. Or he might have just done it out of habit. In any case, they were done with her, why kill her? Outside of being totally evil. This cartoon is really, really messed up.
I'd watched that "Mighty Mouse/Heckle & Jeckle" show on WBFS-📺 Ch. 33 every morning before I went to Gulfstream Elementary School back in 1990 at age of 7, I'd dressed up as Dick Tracey for Halloween day.☺
Who did the song? Like who sang it? The girl. Honestly, I keep watching it over and over to watch her sing. It kinda creeps me out, and is fitting for this weird episode.
@CuteblondStacy72 WOW- I saw it WAAAAY back in '62 when I was about 6 and it affected me in a haunting, surreal way too! It's an Irish folk song written in 1848. There are recordings on RUclips in 1911, 1914, etc. DON'T YOU REMEMBER SWEET ALICE BEN BOLT? It's as if I liked it in another life!
@@degas some lyrics. Don’t miss James Thurber’s illustrations of them! Oh! don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, Sweet Alice whose hair was so brown, Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile, And trembled with fear at your frown? In the old churchyard in the valley, Ben Bolt, In a corner obscure and alone, They have fitted a slab of the granite so gray, And sweet Alice lies under the stone; They have fitted a slab of the granite so gray, And sweet Alice lies under the stone. And don't you remember the school, Ben Bolt, With the master so kind and so true, And the shaded nook by the running brook Where the fairest wild flowers grow? Grass grows on the master's grave, Ben Bolt, The spring of the brook is dry, And of all the boys that were schoolmates then, There are only you and I; And of all the boys that were schoolmates then, There are only you and I.
P.S. Apropos of the use made of the song in "Trilby," Harper's Bazar published the words and music; whereupon the author sent this letter to the editor:- "It is very pleasing to an old man like myself to have the literary work of a half-century since dragged to light and commended, as has been the case with 'Ben Bolt' of late. I was flattered by seeing my likeness-or, rather, the likeness of a younger man than myself-in your pages; but I must protest against some errors which, in spite of careful editing, enter into your transcription of the song. The words of the original were:- 'Don't you remember the school, Ben Bolt, With the master so cruel and grim, And the shaded nook in the running brook, Where the children went to swim?' "This has been changed in the song, as usually sung, to read:- 'With the master so kind and so true. And the little nook by the clear-running brook, Where we gathered the flowers as they grew?' "You have copied this, but in a better shape, with the exception of changing the rhythm. I must protest against this change, because the school-masters of between sixty and seventy years since were, to my memory, 'cruel and grim'; they were neither kind nor true. They seemed to think the only way to get learning into a boy's head was by the use of the rod. There may have been exceptions, but I never met them. At all events, 'what I have written I have written.'" -Thomas Dunn English
I'm seeing her as something of a 'prototype' Pearl Pureheart, which, may very well have been the case. Truth be told, I find this hair (wig) design cuter.
[Svengali introduces his hypnotized singer] It was Trilby ! Trilby the tone-deaf, who couldn't sing one single note in tune! Trilby, who couldn't tell a C from an F!! What was going to happen !? Our three friends were almost turned to stone in the immensity of their surprise…. …But her voice was so immense in its softness, richness, freshness, that it seemed to be pouring itself out from all round ; its intonation absolutely, mathematically pure ; one felt it to be not only faultless, but infallible; and the seduction, the novelty of it, the strangely sympathetic quality ! How can one describe the quality of a peach or a nectarine to those who have only known apples ?… …If she had spread a pair of large white wings and gracefully fluttered up to the roof and perched upon the chandelier, she could not have produced a greater sensation. The like of that voice has never been heard, nor ever will be again. A woman archangel might sing like that, or some enchanted princess out of a fairy-tale. -From ‘Trilby’ (1895), by George du Maurier After that, it just gets stranger and stranger.
@@daniellerousse8362 I'll say one thing about about Svengali cat, he sure gave that girl mouse a positive makeover, even if it was for evil purposes. She sure was good looking.
@@daniellerousse8362 she certainly was. too bad it was she was wearing a wig instead of real hair. Paul Terry and his cartoon staff really knew how to draw gorgeous, sexy female mice that appealed to humans' sexual imagination. Whadya think of Pearl Pureheart?
Where can I find the Terry Toons cartoon with a tied up cat on a guillotine? Also I looking for a cartoon with a blocked cat in a cheese and jumped mouses in the sewer. (I am Dutch, and I speak a little bit English/American)
That plain female mouse underwent a beautiful transformation with all that makeup. Too bad she was being used for evil purposes, but it wasn't her fault.
Mighty should've saved the bulldog cops from floating into space before saving the mice or he should've saved them after saving the mice and that sexy mouse chick.
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This is Paul Terry’s take on the 1895 George du Maurier story, ‘Trilby’, about a simple girl model in 1850’s Paris who is hypnotized into becoming a singing star by the sinister Svengali.
Her best song is the 19th century staple ‘Ben Bolt’.
Trilby was a huge hit in its day, presenting to late Victorian audiences the bohemian Paris of fifty years before. It was filmed several times, including a big hit version in 1931 called ‘Svengali’, starring John Barrymore.
Terry made a cartoon about something everyone was talking about when he was a kid. I saw it on tv when I was eight, and got totally creeped out. What a strange concept, luring people to their doom by hypnotizing a pretty girl to sing a sentimental ballad. But I later found out, the original story is even stranger.
A lot of Terrys work is repetitive and formulaic, but he had his moments.
That’s interesting
When I was one year old this was released and today it is still my favorite cartoon.
so you just turned 74.
Just an observation: Scarlett O'Hara (Vivian Leigh) sings a portion of that, "Sweet Alice" song in the 1939 movie, "Gone With the Wind" beginning with the lyric, "...she wept with delight when you gave her a smile, and trembled at your frown...". It was in the morning-after scene when she wakes up singing following a probable tempestuous and very satisfactory night with Rhett Butler.
thanks for uploading this movie. i saw it years ago (in black and white and mute) on a super 8 elmo reel
Wow! I remembering seeing this when I was seven years old. 1978.
Added note: I didn't know this was made 1946 until just now.
I remember when Mighty Mouse came on Saturday mornings, courtesy of CBS.
👴 🏫 Mighty Mouse He Always Saves The Day
And one of my favorite songs.
Joe Myers will have a good 😊 on his team but the team will
i love it when she said,mighty mouse! my hero! kissed him and the mice cheered
It implies she must have been conscious of what was happening the whole time - just hypnotically paralyzed so she could not show it.
It would also explain why the sawmill. In classic melodrama, the villain would tie the heroine to a sawmill log, to have her in terror as she watched her death approach. It makes no sense here, if the heroine is unconscious. But if she is paralyzed but aware of everything, tho unable to show it, this would make some sense. Note she is not tied to the log.
Or he might have just done it out of habit. In any case, they were done with her, why kill her? Outside of being totally evil.
This cartoon is really, really messed up.
Hypnosis always creeps me out
Very good job dudes!! Congratulations 999.09% yo. Splendid!!!!!!!!!!
I'd watched that "Mighty Mouse/Heckle & Jeckle" show on WBFS-📺 Ch. 33 every morning before I went to Gulfstream Elementary School back in 1990 at age of 7, I'd dressed up as Dick Tracey for Halloween day.☺
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This cartoon freaked me out when I was a kid, the hypnosis thing did it for me.
Who did the song? Like who sang it? The girl.
Honestly, I keep watching it over and over to watch her sing. It kinda creeps me out, and is fitting for this weird episode.
@CuteblondStacy72 WOW- I saw it WAAAAY back in '62 when I was about 6 and it affected me in a haunting, surreal way too! It's an Irish folk song written in 1848. There are recordings on RUclips in 1911, 1914, etc. DON'T YOU REMEMBER SWEET ALICE BEN BOLT? It's as if I liked it in another life!
I never forgot her singing either…
Singing it today. Had to find the video/cartoon…🤷♂️🙂
@@degas some lyrics.
Don’t miss James Thurber’s illustrations of them!
Oh! don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt,
Sweet Alice whose hair was so brown,
Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile,
And trembled with fear at your frown?
In the old churchyard in the valley, Ben Bolt,
In a corner obscure and alone,
They have fitted a slab of the granite so gray,
And sweet Alice lies under the stone;
They have fitted a slab of the granite so gray,
And sweet Alice lies under the stone.
And don't you remember the school, Ben Bolt,
With the master so kind and so true,
And the shaded nook by the running brook
Where the fairest wild flowers grow?
Grass grows on the master's grave, Ben Bolt,
The spring of the brook is dry,
And of all the boys that were schoolmates then,
There are only you and I;
And of all the boys that were schoolmates then,
There are only you and I.
P.S.
Apropos of the use made of the song in "Trilby," Harper's Bazar published the words and music; whereupon the author sent this letter to the editor:-
"It is very pleasing to an old man like myself to have the literary work of a half-century since dragged to light and commended, as has been the case with 'Ben Bolt' of late. I was flattered by seeing my likeness-or, rather, the likeness of a younger man than myself-in your pages; but I must protest against some errors which, in spite of careful editing, enter into your transcription of the song. The words of the original were:-
'Don't you remember the school, Ben Bolt,
With the master so cruel and grim,
And the shaded nook in the running brook,
Where the children went to swim?'
"This has been changed in the song, as usually sung, to read:-
'With the master so kind and so true.
And the little nook by the clear-running brook,
Where we gathered the flowers as they grew?'
"You have copied this, but in a better shape, with the exception of changing the rhythm. I must protest against this change, because the school-masters of between sixty and seventy years since were, to my memory, 'cruel and grim'; they were neither kind nor true. They seemed to think the only way to get learning into a boy's head was by the use of the rod. There may have been exceptions, but I never met them. At all events, 'what I have written I have written.'"
-Thomas Dunn English
I'm seeing her as something of a 'prototype' Pearl Pureheart, which, may very well have been the case. Truth be told, I find this hair (wig) design cuter.
what did you think of Pearl Pureheart?
The mice just happened to carry parachutes?
Looks like.
[Svengali introduces his hypnotized singer]
It was Trilby !
Trilby the tone-deaf, who couldn't sing one single note in tune! Trilby, who couldn't tell a C from an F!!
What was going to happen !?
Our three friends were almost turned to stone in the immensity of their surprise….
…But her voice was so immense in its softness, richness, freshness, that it seemed to be pouring itself out from all round ; its intonation absolutely, mathematically pure ; one felt it to be not only faultless, but infallible; and the seduction, the novelty of it, the strangely sympathetic quality ! How can one describe the quality of a peach or a nectarine to those who have only known apples ?…
…If she had spread a pair of large white wings and gracefully fluttered up to the roof and perched upon the chandelier, she could not have produced a greater sensation. The like of that voice has never been heard, nor ever will be again. A woman archangel might sing like that, or some enchanted princess out of a fairy-tale.
-From ‘Trilby’ (1895), by George du Maurier
After that, it just gets stranger and stranger.
A spoof of the movie Svengali.
Who's Svengali exactly?
It's a cat
@@daniellerousse8362 I'll say one thing about about Svengali cat, he sure gave that girl mouse a positive makeover, even if it was for evil purposes. She sure was good looking.
Yes she is so beautiful girl mouse
@@daniellerousse8362 she certainly was. too bad it was she was wearing a wig instead of real hair. Paul Terry and his cartoon staff really knew how to draw gorgeous, sexy female mice that appealed to humans' sexual imagination. Whadya think of Pearl Pureheart?
I like mighty mouse
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Where can I find the Terry Toons cartoon with a tied up cat on a guillotine? Also I looking for a cartoon with a blocked cat in a cheese and jumped mouses in the sewer. (I am Dutch, and I speak a little bit English/American)
5:58 Flo the princess mouse is rescued by Mighty Mouse
That plain female mouse underwent a beautiful transformation with all that makeup. Too bad she was being used for evil purposes, but it wasn't her fault.
0:57 - 1:00 pretty weird how this cat jumps in and out the hole with out antecipation
don't you mean anticipation?
@@67nairb You are right. English is not my first language. I borrowed the letter E from portuguese translation "antecipação".
@@chadefita Are you from Portugal?
@@67nairb I'm from Brazil
@@chadefita Tenha un bom dia.
Those cops are still floating I'm space XD
Mighty should've saved the bulldog cops from floating into space before saving the mice or he should've saved them after saving the mice and that sexy mouse chick.
Mighty Mouse says: *"All Cops Are Bastards."* January 8, 1946 - Colorized
That city really has a rodent problem
Why didn't he help the Police Department?
How does the song Sweet Alice go?
Check out Geraldine Farrar's version on RUclips "Oh Don't You Remember Sweet Alice Ben Bolt"
@@yafuker6046 I did hear Sweet Alice just now and it was a good song and it was a sung by Geraldine Farrar, it was recorded from 1911.
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depois a musica termina alegre quando essa garota fica com super mouse
😅😮😅😮😅😮😅😮😅😅😅well ingormeti0n.Good show more content is 😅😅😅
a ratinha canta essa canção muito triste
Pinche raton no rescató a los perro
this is evil propaganda,
this is so so fucked up
That was what the reviewers of ‘Trilby’ (aka Svengali) said in 1895.
Tho not in those exact words.