"A Silly Symphony"

Release Date February 13, 1930

Running Time 6:27

Synopsis

Third "4 Seasons" Symphony; Bears, beavers, squirrels and other mammals rush to store up food for the winter - set, once again, to a lively pastiche of light classics.

Credits

Director : Ub Iwerks

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #29 : Goin' Outside with the Silly Symphonies

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : More Silly Symphonies

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Black and White

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Cinephone; mono

Aspect ration : 1.33 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by Columbia Pictures

Gallery

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Comments

A Silly Symphony

From Jerry Edwards : The third of four seasons cartoons. Various woodland creatures, such as squirrels, prepare for winter. Nothing special really happens - just a bunch of animals dancing around. The least interesting of the four seasons shorts for me.

From Gijs Grob : The third of the season series shows a small improvement in story development on the first two entries. This time we don't see animals just dancing, but collecting food for the winter in rhythmical fashion. We see squirrels, a skunk, a porcupine and some beavers (Disney would return to the latter one year later in 'The Busy Beavers'). Then a cold winter wind make the ducks fly south and the other animals seek for shelter. Besides the small story element, notice the numerous falling leaves and elaborate reflections in the water, proof of Disney's efforts to use 'superfluous' animation to give the cartoons more atmosphere and quality.