This is an early short in the Silly Symphonies series produced by Disney. There will be spoilers ahead:
From start to finish, this is one of the better shorts in the Silly Symphonies series. Listen carefully during the opening credits and you hear a clock ticking. The opening scene begins with a lamplighter lighting three street lamps, the last on a corner near the clock store. You enter the clock store with a pan across the wall featuring various clocks, mostly with different times. There's a gag featuring a set of cuckoo clocks with the same time which chime the hour.
This leads into several group shots featuring alarm clocks, pocket watches and wrist watches, all of which have their own sequence. But that's just the beginning.
The short goes from those into some more extended and elaborate set pieces, featuring first some more ornate clocks for which words would not do justice-they must be seen. This series ends with two standing clocks dancing with one another, most beautifully animated.
Then comes the climax. Two alarm clocks are playing and dancing when a wall clock with a pendulum and mischief in its mainspring decides to trigger a fight. All three have faces and expressions throughout. The wall clock hits each alarm clock in turn, leading them to blame one another and eventually a fight breaks out. The end is interesting, so I won't spoil that here.
This short is available on the Disney Treasures More Silly Symphonies DVD set and well worth tracking down. Most highly recommended.
From start to finish, this is one of the better shorts in the Silly Symphonies series. Listen carefully during the opening credits and you hear a clock ticking. The opening scene begins with a lamplighter lighting three street lamps, the last on a corner near the clock store. You enter the clock store with a pan across the wall featuring various clocks, mostly with different times. There's a gag featuring a set of cuckoo clocks with the same time which chime the hour.
This leads into several group shots featuring alarm clocks, pocket watches and wrist watches, all of which have their own sequence. But that's just the beginning.
The short goes from those into some more extended and elaborate set pieces, featuring first some more ornate clocks for which words would not do justice-they must be seen. This series ends with two standing clocks dancing with one another, most beautifully animated.
Then comes the climax. Two alarm clocks are playing and dancing when a wall clock with a pendulum and mischief in its mainspring decides to trigger a fight. All three have faces and expressions throughout. The wall clock hits each alarm clock in turn, leading them to blame one another and eventually a fight breaks out. The end is interesting, so I won't spoil that here.
This short is available on the Disney Treasures More Silly Symphonies DVD set and well worth tracking down. Most highly recommended.