Harry Lang

A hobo crow tricks a canary out of his comfortable cage with inflated promises of happiness in the outside world. (imdb)

An alley cat spies a high-class female cat on her balcony and falls for her. Her butler sends the family bulldog to deal with the alley cat, but the cat's too clever.

Posters are put on the trees where the Fox and the Crow live. When they see the posters, each thinks the other is the wanted one, and they try to capture each other for the reward money. After many attempts, they end up at a police station where their mistake is pointed out to them. They then punish themselves profusely for making the error. (imdb)

It's all about Hal Le Roy's expertise at selling (washing machines). He tap dances inside your home or on your front steps. (imdb)

'Speaking of Animals in South America' is another very interesting and well done entry from the series, if not quite one of the best. As said before, story-wise it is slight, which is true for the series in general, but the series is not about the stories. It's about the visuals and humour, as well as the animals. 'Speaking of Animals in South America' succeeds in those areas and the colourful Amazon setting helps give it the necessary zest.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

The dogs which live and love 'Down Old Mexico Way!' Featuring an incredible dog conga line, with various canines whooping it up in a cantina spotlighting a Carmen Miranda pooch.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

A slightly different "Speaking of Animals" short in that there are actual humans on screen rather than just animals. The always-befuddled Sterling Holloway inherits a mangy mongrel with a fiendish sense of humor; the dog can talk but will only do so when Sterling is alone. (The premise of several other films, at least one great cartoon from Warners, and several dirty and/or hairy dog jokes.) Sterling ends up on a psychiatrist's couch.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

A candid-camera hobbyist tries to photograph a group of monkeys in the zoo but they outsmart and make a monkey out of him. The shutterbug decides to photograph an elephant and has a problem with the 14-foot ladder. And the lion has no intentions of being a close-up subject.

Flop scares Flippy into not singing. But when the cat reads that if a canary doesn’t sing, the remedy is to get rid of the cat, he tries everything to get Flippy chirping again.

A man tries to take a peaceful bath, only to be wound up constantly by Herman and his cat downstairs.

A cat literally uses his nine lives to get a bottle of milk off of a porch guarded by a bulldog.

A hungry vulture contacts the black market to get a chicken dinner, but ends up getting a live banty rooster.

Focuses on an inept golfer.

A little dog tries to steal some bones from a pile of wartime scrap bones (intended for a victory drive) that’s being guarded by a big, mean bulldog.

A homely mermaid tries to get a stranded sailor all to herself.