"A Silly Symphony"

Release Date October 23, 1931

Synopsis

The loves of the common house fly are briefly explored before a villainous black spider wearing Mickey Mouse gloves makes his presence felt. Soon the swarm must unite in military fashion to drive the intruder out--all to the strains of the familiar "Light Cavalry Overture."

Credits

Director : Wilfred Jackson

Animation : Roldolfo "Rudy" Zamora

Videos

Cartoon Classics : First Series : Volume 14 : Silly Symphonies - Animal Tales

Laserdiscs

Cartoon Classics : First Series : Volume 14 : Silly Symphonies - Animal Tales

DVD

United States

Disney Treasures : More Silly Symphonies

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #38 : Infested Silly Symphonies

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Black and White

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.33 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by Columbia Pictures

Comments

From Jerry Edwards : While Disney does its best to make the spider into a villain, it just doesn't work for me - since I HATE FLIES. The opening scene is nicely done, showing flies dancing around a kitchen, only the picture is flipped to show that they are really on the ceiling. A spider plays his web like a harp to catch a female fly in his web. The flies enlist horseflies to ride on and dragonflies as bombers to battle the spider. Centipedes are shown as the "track" of "army boot" tanks. After the flies set the spider web on fire, the spider is captured on fly paper. At the end of the battle, the boy fly saves the captured girl fly. This short was supposedly colorized but I've never seen the color version.