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First properly animated film produced by Laugh-O-Gram Studio, as part of demo reel. Part of the Newman Laugh-O-Grams Series.
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After having a fun time watching Walt Disney's 3 other laugh-o-gram titles of 1922,I got set to see Disney deliver his final laugh-o- gram of 1922.The plot:A group of cops walk into the police station,and soon discover that they have each been given the sack.View on the film:Standing out from his past laugh-o-grams,Disney leaves behind the still images of the past laugh-o-grams by using fluid animation which allows for this to be the first of Disney's laugh-o-gram's to feature some sort of plot.
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