What are the key story phases in Clean Pastures?

The story of Clean Pastures progresses through these phases: Sinful Harlem Nights, Heavenly Intervention, Rhythm and Redemption, Paradise Admission.

How does Clean Pastures end?

In the final act ("Paradise Admission"): Newcomers receive halos as they enter Pair-O-Dice. The Devil himself requests admission in the final gag, concluding the short with a jazzed spiritual.

Clean Pastures (1937) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Clean Pastures
Genre: animation, comedy, music
Released: 1937
Rating: 4.9

Plot Analysis Summary

A musical cartoon exploring the journey from Harlem sin to heavenly redemption through jazz rhythm and spiritual transformation.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

Sinful Harlem Nights

Heavenly Intervention

Rhythm and Redemption

Paradise Admission

The Lord sees that the stock value of "Pair-o-dice" is dropping on the exchange so he dispatches a slow-witted and slow-talking angel to sinful Harlem to recruit new customers. When this fails, God finds success sending a group of musical angels with a little more swing in their style, so much so that even the Devil wants to join up! One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.

Directed by

Friz Freleng

Key Cast

Mel Blanc — Al Jolson / The Devil (voice)
Danny Webb — Various (voice)

Rating: 4.9/10 (17 votes)