Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

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

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

tavm At a little over ten minutes, Harmon and Ising's Bottles is one of the longest one-reel cartoon shorts I've seen from the '30s. It's basically about a druggist who's up overnight mixing a potion for a poison bottle. As he falls asleep on the counter, the bottle comes to life and pours some of its liquid on the druggist's neck as he shrinks to a small size and wakes up. It's here that things get surreal with various medicine and alcohol bottles that come to life and sing and dance with the druggist joining in. Prominent among them are three baby bottles with diapers singing about doing nothing but crying because "no one will change our di-di". Quite amusing and a little bit atmospheric. Worth seeing for anyone curious about MGM cartoons before Tex Avery and Tom and Jerry came aboard.

tedg It seems that one major theology of animation concerns the animating (meaning coming to life) of normally inanimate objects. Its one strain worth tracing, because with today's film technologies, animals can easily be seen to talk and even wear clothes and such. Its the power to make objects and environments have agency that gives great animation its power. And if you trace the evolution of the idea, you'll come through this. Its an unimaginative idea: a chemist/druggist mixes a poison, then dreams that it comes alive and evilly threatens him, together with all the other objects in the lab.As with all early attempts with object life, some of the objects must be juvenile, and the centerpiece here are three baby bottle who whine because their diapers are dirty.This was made toward the end of prohibition when use of opiates and marijuana became its great rise in popularity in the US, and that's the not so subtle subtext here.Unfortunately the animation itself isn't any great advance.Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.

MaxNormal Agree with previous poster, this cartoon is fantastic on so many levels.I find it very warming, a treat for the eyes and ears, the only shame is it's over so soon.Remember watching this over 30 years ago when I was a kid, that skeleton-bottle, it scared the life out of me but I loved those singing baby-bottles. Watching it again is a real trip.I also agree, it's long time overdue for a DVD release of these gems. Those geniuses who created these deserve no less.Brilliant.

nnwahler "We don't feel like safe and tidy/No one here will change our di-di/That's the reason why/All we do is cry...." These 1930's MGM Harman-Ising cartoons, with their lush Technicolor hues, are still waiting to be discovered by cartoon fans. Many have but the thinnest of story lines to hang onto, but the musical numbers in this one--to say nothing of the innumerable puns (the "baby bottles," the sleeping powder," the "smelling salts," etc.) take the prize for sheer invention. (Or, perhaps, sheer audacity.) Genuine suspense, too, in the climax. So when's Time/Warner going to put out the "Happy Harmonies" shorts into a complete DVD collection??