{"id":6590,"date":"2015-10-12T03:11:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T07:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/?p=6590"},"modified":"2015-10-28T22:31:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T02:31:22","slug":"johns-horror-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/johns-horror-12\/","title":{"rendered":"John D’Amico’s Horror on YouTube #12 – Swing You Sinners!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Swing You Sinners!<\/a> (1930) | Dir. Dave Fleischer | 8 min.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Every day in October, a recommendation from John D’Amico\u00a0of a horror\u00a0movie or TV episode available for free on YouTube. Enjoy:<\/em><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s taking deep reservoirs of strength to keep this project from being 31 different 1920’s-30’s era horror cartoons. That genre had a great style and a great sense of silly-scary imagery that has aged wonderfully.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m gonna give y\u2019all just one that I think typifies the visual anarchy and rhythmic creativity of them all. Swing You Sinners!<\/a> is a Fleischer Production starring Betty Boop\u2019s pal Bimbo, who begins this caper trying to steal a hen, and ends up in… well, I don\u2019t want to spoil it. But it goes off in a hell of a direction. If you like it\u2014 and I know you will\u2014there are literally dozens of films just like it on YouTube, from Fleischer\u2019s Minnie the Moocher<\/a>, Bimbo\u2019s Inititation<\/a>, Betty Boop\u2019s Penthouse<\/a>, and Koko\u2019s Earth Control<\/a>; to Disney\u2019s Mad Doctor<\/a> and various skeleton dances; to third-party players like Van Beuren Productions\u2019 Panicky Pup<\/a>. Get at \u2018em.<\/p>\n