When his glasses break, later in the film, and he comes close to drowning, he accepts the fantasy as it stands. The near-sighted protagonist of The Little Mole believes a garbage dump is a “fairy palace” until a pair of glasses, given him by a con man, proves differently. Harman’s belief in preserving childhood innocence, in cartoons such as this is endearing, but seem more instructive on the surface.
The destruction leads to cute forest animals building and dwelling within their own village, repurposing the belongings of fallen soldiers.
An elderly squirrel, in the acclaimed but aggressive Peace on Earth (1939), tells his two grandchildren of a land once ravaged by trench warfare. MGM Theatrical One Sheet poster art by Bela Reiger (click to enlarge – if you dare)The “morality films” Harman produced and directed during the early ‘40s often have a solemn tone.
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