While the Looney Tunes unit at Warner Brothers made the best and most enjoyable shorts of the 1940s and 50s, during the 1930s they were in search of an identity and tried out many different forgettable characters. Bosco came and went as did Beans, the cat star of "Hollywood Capers".
Jack King's 'Hollywood Capers' is a very early Looney Tune which stars several of the characters who were introduced as potential new stars in earlier short 'I Haven't Got a Hat'. The character that finally became a star from that cartoon was Porky Pig but he does not feature here.
Some naive critics have often dismissed Beans as a character with little (or perhaps having no) personality. I wonder if they know what they're saying?
Directed by Jack King, with Chuck Jones as one of the animators (soon to be a director himself), "Hollywood Capers" is a very good Warner Bros. cartoon that is full of fun and mischief.
"Beans," one of Boston Beans (according to him) gets rudely rebuffed from entering "Warmer Brothers" studio. In fact, he gets thrown out twice, once at the entrance in his car, and later, bodily given the heave-ho out of the studio.
Jack King's "Hollywood Capers" came out during the first year in which Warner Bros. animation really had the recognition that it has had ever since.
Hollywood Capers (1935)*** (out of 4)Warner animation has Beans trying to sneak into their studio but he keeps getting kick out until he decides to dress as Oliver Hardy. Once inside he can't stay out of trouble when he accidentally brings to life Frankenstein's monster.
Was expecting something mediocre considering the rating and the general indifference towards Beans. After watching it, 'Hollywood Capers' surprisingly was a good cartoon, though not a classic and there are more compelling and interesting characters out there than Beans.
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