Animation · Comedy · Music
American
1955 · Directed by Chuck Jones · 7 min
A demolition worker breaks open an old cornerstone and finds a frog with an astonishing talent. What he decides to do with his discovery drives seven minutes of music, ambition and slapstick, told almost without a word of spoken dialogue.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining example of the Hollywood theatrical cartoon at its most ambitious: a short made as supporting entertainment that is now studied as a small work of art.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a miniature story told in pantomime, where the man's wants and the music do the work that dialogue would do elsewhere.
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