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| Take Heed Mr. Tojo | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James Culhane |
| Written by | Hank Ketcham |
| Produced by | Walter Lantz |
| Starring | Dick Nelson |
| Music by | Darrell Calker |
| Animation by | Laverne Harding Les Kline Pat Matthews Phil Monroe Emery Hawkins Paul J. Smith |
| Distributed by | United States Navy Walter Lantz Productions |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 7 Minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Take Heed Mr. Tojo is a 1943 American animated short film directed by Shamus Culhane. It is an American World War II propaganda film featuring the character Hook, who was a character similar to Private Snafu at the Warner Brothers' animation department.
Plot
The cartoon starts ten years in the future, in 1953. Hook tells his son about the time that he was a sailor ten years prior. In a flashback Hook receives a message about a Japanese air raid. He quickly informs his superiors. Several American planes take off in the sky and leave the ship unprotected. Then a Japanese pilot, who was hiding in a cloud, attacks the ship. Hook runs away, but finds a huge collection of war bonds which he literally uses as ammunition for his plane. After a few chase scenes Hook defeats the Japanese soldier by throwing the war bonds at the Japanese pilot who crashes down on an island, leaving only his clattering teeth behind. Back in 1953 Hook tells his son that thanks to the war bonds we won the war and it paid for their home, their new furniture and their new plane. He tells his son: "As a matter of fact if it weren't for the war bonds you wouldn't be here." The son remarks: "That ain't the way I heard it." Thereupon the cartoon ends with a close-up of Hook's startled face.
References
- Scott, Keith (3 October 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media.
External links
- Take Heed Mr. Tojo at IMDb
- The short film Take Heed Mr. Tojo is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
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- 1943 films
- American animated short films
- American World War II propaganda shorts
- American aviation films
- American black-and-white films
- Cultural depictions of Hideki Tojo
- Pacific War films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films directed by James Culhane
- 1940s American films
- English-language war films
- Short animated film stubs