Such a frustrating disappointment

Boring

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

"Gold Diggers of '49" is just an average black-and-white Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Tex Avery. The time is July, 1849. Beans the cat and Porky Pig (not really the Porky we know today) go prospecting, and Beans hopes to marry Porky's daughter Kitty (!). Of course, there's a bad guy in the mix.My favorite scenes from "Gold Diggers of '49": I love how Porky gobbles up a gigantic sandwich and then shouts "YeeeeoWHOOPEE!" I also love hearing cartoon characters sing, even if it's only for a few seconds; a barbershop quartet harmonizes the final bars of "Sweet Adeline" before departing for the big gold strike. AND I like how Porky's long arm reaches in his own back pocket and keeps retrieving the same gold coin he found."Gold Diggers of '49" is okay, but Porky Pig fans will most likely be disappointed with it because Porky simply doesn't have the voice, the looks, or the personality that we are all familiar with. It would take a little while longer for the character to develop, and thank God that directors Tex Avery and Bob Clampett admired Porky so much that they had the desire to work with him.

This is a Warner Brothers cartoon, made with Porky Pig, less than a year old.In this cartoon, in the 1800's, a cat called Beans has found gold. After kissing his love (the cat who is Porky's "daughter") goodbye, he head off and with Porky and townfolk, he mines for gold. He seems to be doing very well. Then, along comes a robber, who has his eye on one bag of gold - but he did not count on Beans coming along...This is a very interesting cartoon in a historical and plot-wise point of view. It is historical because of the way it is made, which is old and the humour, which is old. The plot is interesting, partly because it was unlike the plots of many of the Warner Brothers cartoons in the future. I like the cartoon because of this and I also like it because of Beans the cat (who for some reason reminds me of Mickey mouse), Porky (who looks a lot different) and Beans' sweetheart. Some parts of the cartoon are very cute.Well worth a watch - especially for people who like historical cartoons and exciting old cartoons! Enjoy "Gold Diggers of '49". :-)

This is not another of those Warner Brothers cartoons kind of promoting their "Gold Digger" musicals of the 1930s, but a story about the real gold diggers of 1849. It stars "Beans," and takes place in "Goldville." Beans, trying to woo Porky Pig's daughter (who is not a pig), is out on the mountain when he strikes gold (via pulling a slot-machine-like arm!). He goes back into town and tells everyone.From that point, we mainly see Beans and Porky out digging for gold. A bad guys is nearby and he snags a bag full of gold. Porky tells Beans that if gets the bag back, he can marry his daughter. Beans hops into his jalopy and races up the hill, firing with a shotgun! Beans isn't really a funny guy but the cartoon has some good moments and the car is a real hoot. In the end, the bag of gold is only Porky's lunch, but that's gold to him!It certainly looks dated, but that's the case with most 1930s black-and-white cartoons, and sometimes that's just fine with me. This was a fast-paced, inventive cartoon.

A mildly amusing 1935 cartoon that was replayed yesterday on Turner Classic Movies.Beans was briefly (very briefly) the leading figure in Merrie Melodies, before his lack of any humorous comic personality suggested that he really did not deserve such an exalted position. He is one of the gold miners in Red Gulch, California in 1849 (hence the title - a joke supposedly on the popular Warner "Gold Digger" Musicals). His girlfriend is the daughter of Porky Pig. At this time Porky's size and personality were still up in the air. He is taller and fatter (and quite honestly gluttonous) in this cartoon. Beans brings back gold to the town and a rush starts. The town empties out. One racist joke in the film: a Chinese pair are riding a rickshaw (one is pulling it) when auto fumes (this cartoon has several anachronisms in it) turn them Black, and one starts talking like Amos and one like Andy.When a villain lassos Porky's tied bag, the latter says Beans can marry his daughter if he gets the bag back. He eventually does, in the course of changing his his old Model T into a streamlined racing car to catch the villain.As I said mildly amusing. The future touches of genius that Avery brought to his cartoon work in the 1940s are not found here. But he had to start somewhere, I guess.