Stephen Leacock

Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously leaky holiday steamer. It is a town similar to many other small towns in Canada with its odd assortment of residents.

Based on the short story by Stephen Leacock, this is a satirical camera-animated story about Christmas expectations and the loss of innocence. Young Hoodoo has bought his parents cigars and a brooch for Christmas. As he opens his presents expectantly on Christmas morning, he keeps his hopes up until the end--will the next gift from Santa Claus be a pair of skates, a puppy dog, Noah's Ark, a sleigh or a drum...? When none of the gifts meets his expectations, he decides to do things differently next year.

This amusing short animation tells of a polite and timid young minister with a major shortcoming: he just cannot bring himself to say goodbye, and this causes him great grief and considerable consternation. On the first day of his vacation to visit friends, Melpomenus somehow stays and stays until, on the last day of his holiday, he finally departs in an unexpected way. Based on the Stephen Leacock short story, the film is set to toe-tapping ragtime music.

Семейный мультфильм по мотивам одноименного рассказа канадского писателя и экономиста Стивена Ликока, из его первого и самого известного сборника «Литературные кляксы» (1910). В своих сатирических произведениях Ликок изображал нравы провинциальных городов Канады, предрассудки буржуазной морали. «Моя карьера в финансах» представляет юмористический взгляд на душевные переживания молодого человека, который пытается открыть счет в банке. На международном кинофестивале в Сан-Франциско (в 1962 году) мультфильм был назван лучшим, а также номинировался на премию «Оскар».