"A Silly Symphony"
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Released by United Artists Pictures
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From Jerry Edwards : I only had a black and white version of this short from the Mickey Mouse Club for years before I found the original color version. The color adds a great deal to the cartoon, with numerous bright colors, especially for the patchwork quilt. The normally inanimate objects, such as the penknives and scissors, are animated in interesting ways.
From Andy de Paoli : I have loved this animation ever since I saw it as a child.
From Gijs Grob : With cartoons like 'Lullabye Land' Disney set new standards for animation that are still thrilling today.
Don't get me wrong, the cartoon is rather patronizing and sugarly cute, but this is compensated by wonderful surrealistic images, beautiful artwork and superb animation. (And, hey, this way of warning against sharp things and matches just may work with small children).
The dance of the Boogie Men contains some striking use of colour that anticipates similar surreal images in Dombo. In all, 'Lullaby Land' left all competitors far behind. It is also the first of a whole series of Silly Symphonies obsessed with little babies, and their bare behinds in particular.
