Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

MartinHafer This cartoon is from Ub Iwerks--the guy who did most of the animating in the early Disney Company cartoons, such as "Steamboat Willie". After a few years with Disney, Ub decided to go out on his own--and less than a decade later, he was back with Disney. Although he was very talented, and you can see some of it in "Jack Frost", you can also see why he failed. On the plus side, the cartoon's animation is very nice. Not as nice as the Silly Symphonies and Mickey cartoons coming from Disney, but still very nice. The cartoon also had color. While it wasn't the Technicolor that Disney was using (they had exclusive rights to it for several years), the Cinecolor looks very nice and has a wider color spectrum than many Cinecolor films--with some actual blues. BUT, despite looking good, the cartoon itself is insipid mush! It consists of lots of happy singing animals in the forest, Jack Frost and Old Man Winter singing and cavorting--and not a single trace of humor!! All in all, this is like torture to have to watch today, as the cartoons were amazingly dull (aside from Disney's) during this era. Cute characters and singing...YECCH!!!

Foreverisacastironmess For a start, I loved all the rich amber tones in the woodland backgrounds, and even more so later on with the the frozen scenery, all exceedingly beautiful to look at. Also the music was very nice and kept things moving at a good pace. The family of bears that is featured look a lot like the ones from the 1935 Iwerks short "The Three Bears." The momma bear sounds like a black women did the voicing. She may give Billy-Bear a spankin', but it probably hurts her more than it does him! Ha, now that's the good old-fashioned 1930s parenting right there folks! For some strange reason a really crummy-looking picture that hangs above the little bear's bed really made me laugh! I don't get the strange moment where there's an apparition hovering saw cutting a log above the sleeping bear parents... A visual pun on the saying "slept like a log"? The only thing that I dislike was the annoying little song the bear kid seemed to sing about every two minutes! I just think it sounds completely childish and brings down the tone. I liked the slightly creepy character of the trickster sprite Jack Frost, who deems to teach young bratty-bear a lesson the hard way about respecting the cold. This short boasts several very impressive and spooky sight gags, like a hopping quartet of pumpkins whose collective "Whooo!" sound is genuinely eerie to listen to! And then there is my absolute favourite part of the whole short, an awesome scatting scarecrow whose wild movements and bluesy freewheeling sounds still sound extremely catchy and cool today! Not to mention totally hilarious. That scene reminded me very much of the trio of dark and fantastical Betty Boop Fleisher shorts to feature a dancing, rotoscoped Cab Calloway! Specifically 1933's "The Old Man of the Mountain." I also thought the design of the cackling wicked Old Man Winter was similar to the old man of the Fleisher short. I thought the animation of the striking character was more polished than in his earlier appearance in "Summertime." During the chase through the icy woods I love the snow-covered objects in the background that look very much like human figures frozen in agonised poses. Quite a dark and Gothic touch, I thought. I think Jack Frost was Old Man Winter, their faces and noses looked alike, and Jack's enigmatic wink to the audience at the "Finis" confirmed it for me. What a great little peril in winter wonderland animation this is. It's well worth anyone's time, and makes for an especially pleasant watch come Christmas time. Overall quite a charming rare old vintage show!

Michael_Elliott Jack Frost (1934) *** (out of 4)Ub Iwerks' directed this animated short about a young grizzly bear who decides to go outside even though his mother warned him that a cold winter was about to hit. I always enjoy watching the work of Iwerks because even today his images are quite striking and they're certainly unlike anything else that was out at the time or even today. This film isn't among his greatest works but I think there are enough unique touches that make the thing worth watching. I really liked the images but this here should go without being said. I especially liked the winter landscape as the bear wonders out of his house thinking that his fur is going to protect him. The scene showing the snowman being created was terrific and the imagination in it was excellent. Earlier there's a very good sequence with some dancing trees and the scenes with the pumpkins was also very good. The bear cub himself was a good and memorable character and his little journey has many cute moments as well as some darker ones.

theowinthrop This little cartoon is basically very charming. It is about a small bear who is enjoying the last days of summer, when he and the other animals are made aware by the arrival of Jack Frost that winter is on the way. Frost, when not painting the autumnal colors, warns everyone that they should prepare for the total change in the weather (i.e., prepare to hibernate). But the little bear doesn't believe the cold weather will effect him - he has a nice fur coat. His mother puts him to bed, but he tries to get away, and she spanks him. When she and her husband fall asleep he sneaks away, sniffling that his mother would be sorry. Naturally, he soon finds he has made a dreadful mistake. He is freezing, especially when confronted and chased by old man winter. He tries to find another shelter, but only one (with a skunk in it) is willing to let him in. In the conclusion he is helped back home by Jack Frost.The colors of the cartoon are rich, particularly in scenes where Jack Frost is painting the various leaves autumnal colors. In one nice sequence he is painting pumpkins, turning them into jack-o-lanterns. They end up doing a spooky dance that scares the little bear. He is also present when a scarecrow begins dancing (this five years before Ray Bolger made a dancing and singing scarecrow his first career role). As a charming little cartoon for children about six or seven or eight years old this is fine, and grown-ups will appreciate the art work.