Category: Directed by Rudolf Ising

  • Congo Jazz (1930, Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising)

    Congo Jazz is a great example of how old Hollywood racism works. Having Bosko, the lead in the cartoon, be a little black kid isn’t really overtly racist… until Harman and Ising have him meet a couple monkeys. Guess who looks like who? And then, sort of confirming racists are morons, it turns out the…

  • The Booze Hangs High (1930, Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising)

    It takes The Booze Hangs High nearly half its running time to have its first gag… but it’s worth the wait. An adorable little duckling tells its mother it needs to go number two. Without dialogue or visual followthrough, but the message is clear. And, all of a sudden, Booze starts getting better. It starts…