The Shark Film Office

[For the month of September 2016, I am writing a series of shared posts in conjunction with another of my websites,  Cinema 4: Cel Bloc , about cartoons that feature sharks in them. You can read the reviews on either site, but please do visit the other one if you like the content I have to offer.] Codfish Balls  (1930) Dir.: Frank Moser TC4P Rating: 5/9 Species: cartoon sharks, a gang of them with stunted bodies and sawblade-like dorsal fins. Sharks in the early days of animation came in a wide variety of styles. I suppose that if one were to use the argument that if there are over 500 identified species of sharks in the world, why shouldn't there be that many species too in the animated shark world, only in a more fanciful sense. I guess that I would have to somewhat agree with such a musing. Why not indeed? In cartoons, mice, ducks, and cats and all other manner of animals speak like us, drive cars, fly planes, have dogs for pets, captain boats, wear clothe...