The Old Pioneer poster

The Old Pioneer( 1934)

TV-MAAnimationWestern
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Overview

In this first entry in MGM's Happy Harmonies series, an old man tells a newsboy about his adventures with Native Americans in the Old West.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Carman Maxwell

      Indian Chief (voice) (uncredited)

    2. cast image

      Elmore Vincent

      Old Man (voice) (uncredited)

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    A review by talisencrw

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    Written by talisencrw on Mon Aug 15 2016
    This cartoon was included as an extra on my 'Manhattan Melodrama' DVD from my 5-film TCM Spotlight's 'Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection', and was the first of MGM's 'Happy Harmonies' series. It's decent and quite representative of animation from the period, from my experiences in this field. The negative is that it had then-typical stereotyped views of Native Americans, but on the plus side, it encouraged friendship, as in the flashback, the pioneer's life was spared when the chief about to attack him heard from the child that he saved its life. I hope to check out the others in this seri...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • native american
    • old man
    • newsboy
    • the old west