tadpole-596-918256 Review of The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling (1931)

How often do you see a bellows in working order . . .

[7/10 · 8 September 2021]

. . . floating atop a river at flood stage, rife with jagged-branched logs and the wreckage of large buildings? Even more to the point, how likely is it that such implausible flotsam will turn up at the exact instant that it can be pressed into service to save lives? When H. C. Andersen wrote THE UGLY DUCKLING, he did NOT record such a preposterous incident because it would have ruined the plausibility of his story for his audience. Apparently, the producer of this animated alleged adaptation has no such compunctions.