Hollywood Capers
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Hollywood Capers is a short animated film of the Looney Tunes series. It stars Beans the Cat in another solo cartoon of the character. The film is also among those of the series that have fallen into the public domain.
, and was able to pass through the gate without anyone suspecting.
Taking off his cover, Beans enters a sound stage where one of his friends was acting for a romance film. Looking from a catwalk, Beans watches Little Kitty perform a scene where an actor tries to court her. Suddenly, he was accidentally shoved by a passing worker, causing him to fall off and dropped on the actor, much to the director's annoyance. Hoping to get a role to any film, Beans once again introduce himself. But the director was too grumpy to consider and therefore tosses Beans away.
Upon being hurled by the director, Beans crashes into a room where a Frankenstein
-esque robot is on the table. As he frightenedly moves back, the cat stumbles on a switch. As a result, the robot was activated and rises.
The robot goes into a rampage and everyone flees the studio. Beans tries to stop it using an iron bar but the humanoid machine proved quite durable. After the robot catches and throws him across the sound stage, an opportunity for Beans to fight back was found when he lands next to a giant fan. As Beans switches on the device, a gale force wind was generated, although the robot was able to walk against the draft. The robot, however, made a fatal mistake as it walks straight into the fan in an attempt to get near Beans on the other side. In this, the mechanical monster ends up shredded to pieces by the blades.
Plot
One day in Hollywood, actors from various parts of the nation come to the studio to do their routines. Also coming to the studio is Beans who travelled in his rough-riding car. Before he could proceed, he was flagged by the guard who demanded his identification. Beans introduces himself as a famous actor from Boston. The snobbish guard, however, was not familiar with him, and therefore pushes Beans violently, sending him and his car crashing into a tree. Not backing out, Beans disguises himself as Oliver HardyOliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...
, and was able to pass through the gate without anyone suspecting.
Taking off his cover, Beans enters a sound stage where one of his friends was acting for a romance film. Looking from a catwalk, Beans watches Little Kitty perform a scene where an actor tries to court her. Suddenly, he was accidentally shoved by a passing worker, causing him to fall off and dropped on the actor, much to the director's annoyance. Hoping to get a role to any film, Beans once again introduce himself. But the director was too grumpy to consider and therefore tosses Beans away.
Upon being hurled by the director, Beans crashes into a room where a Frankenstein
Frankenstein's monster
Frankenstein's monster is a fictional character that first appeared in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. The creature is often erroneously referred to as "Frankenstein", but in the novel the creature has no name...
-esque robot is on the table. As he frightenedly moves back, the cat stumbles on a switch. As a result, the robot was activated and rises.
The robot goes into a rampage and everyone flees the studio. Beans tries to stop it using an iron bar but the humanoid machine proved quite durable. After the robot catches and throws him across the sound stage, an opportunity for Beans to fight back was found when he lands next to a giant fan. As Beans switches on the device, a gale force wind was generated, although the robot was able to walk against the draft. The robot, however, made a fatal mistake as it walks straight into the fan in an attempt to get near Beans on the other side. In this, the mechanical monster ends up shredded to pieces by the blades.
External links
- Hollywood Capers at the Big Cartoon DatabaseBig Cartoon DataBaseThe Big Cartoon DataBase is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated feature films, animated television shows and cartoon shorts....