W.C.Fields enters the Warmer Bros. Studio. Beans tries to drive in, but the guard throws him and his car against a tree. Charlie Chaplin drives in, followed by Oliver Hardy on foot - but we see that it's really Beans in disguise. Oliver Owl is directing a picture; Beans sneaks onto the stage. He's watching from a catwalk when someone knocks him off, into the middle of the scene. Beans is thrown off the set, right into the set of a Frankenstein movie. He accidentally brings the robotic monster to life, and it crashes into the original studio, eating the camera. Beans tries to stop the monster, but is sent flying. He lands against a wind machine. which chops up the monster.
Cinematography
Clever multi-plane gags on a shoestring budget.
Writing
Meta-Hollywood satire decades before it was cool.
Director
Jack King
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Beans' final solo cartoon before being absorbed into Porky Pig's supporting cast. RIP king.
The 'Warmer Bros' gate and celebrity caricatures were Warner's cheeky middle finger to their own studio system.
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