The Mad Locomotive
The Mad Locomotive
| 03 June 1922 (USA)
The Mad Locomotive Trailers

This one is amusing in its early use of the rubber tire school of animation as Mr. Givny informs Jerry that they are out of coal for the train. The passengers who appear behave amusingly and when the train itself takes on anthropomorphic life, it makes its own sense -- outrageous for the day, even if slightly banal for fans of "Thomas the Engine".

Reviews
SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
boblipton Most of the Jerry on the Job cartoons look like little more than two or three of Walter Hoban's strips stuck together, but this one is different and much better. The strip was an early, absurdist strip of the type that peaked -- for an old comic strip fan like me -- with Bill Holman's "Smoky Stover". So early is Jerry in the evolution that it appears simple and stupid, but it was actually much more daring for its day and important in the evolution of what are today called "the cartoon laws of physics." This one is amusing in its early use of the rubber tire school of animation as Mr. Givny informs Jerry that they are out of coal for the train. The passengers who appear behave amusingly and when the train itself takes on anthropomorphic life, it makes its own sense -- outrageous for the day, even if slightly banal for fans of "Thomas the Engine".For historical purposes this is a must see, although in terms of viewing pleasure it ranks a good deal lower... but definitely still worthwhile.