"A Silly Symphony"

Synopsis

When the saxophone son of the King of the Isle of Jazz falls in love with the violin daughter of his father's rival, the Queen of the Land of Symphony, war erupts. The Prince and Princess are nearly drowned in the Sea of Discord until a cease fire is called. The short ends in a double wedding and the uniting of the two kingdoms with the Bridge of Harmony.

Credits

Director : Wilfred Jackson

Animation

Bob Carlson

Les Clark

Frenchy de Tremaudan

Gerry Geronomi

Story : Pinto Colvig

Videos

Walt Disney Mini-Classics : Peter and the Wolf

United States Release

German Release

Italian Release

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions 2 : The Disney Dream Factory : 1933-1938

Favorite Stories : Peter and the Wolf

France

Silly Symphonies Volume 1

Germany

Verrückte Musikanten

Italy

Gold Editions : La Fabbrica dei Sogni

Laserdiscs

United States

The Prince and the Pauper / Willie the Operatic Whale / Peter and the Wolf

The Disney Dream Factory 1933-1938

Japan

More Silly Symphonies

DVD

Disney Treasures : Silly Symphonies

Region 1 : United States

Region 2 : France

Region 2 : Germany

Region 2 : Italy

Region 2 : Sweden

Region 2 : United Kingdom

Region 1 : United States

Make Mine Music

Cartoon Classic Favorites : Extreme Music Fun

Blue Ray

United States

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs : Diamond Edition : 3 disc Blue Ray + DVD package

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #24 : Symphonic Silly Symphonies

Donald's Quack Attack : Episode 4

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by United Artists

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The ruler of the "Isle of Jazz" is a caricature of popular bandleader Paul Whiteman; he was widely known in real life by the title "The King of Jazz."

This is one of the greatest accomplishments I have ever seen on film. Being a musician myself I recognized the efforts in making instruments sound like speaking voices. Sheer genuis.

A superbly animated, musical cartoon. I especially enjoy how the musical instruments are used as "weapons of war" to the strains of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries." I also love the "remake" of Romeo and Juliet.

I thought that this was a pretty stupid cartoon. The humanized instruments were just too much for me and they acted so dumb. No wonder they call it a "Silly Symphony." I sort of laughed at it, but I guess I thought that it was so stupid that it was funny. I would, however, not want to have this short as part of my Disney collection.

Even though the classical vs. jazz thing seems naive and a little juvenile compared to what Disney would do just a few years later in Fantasia, this is one of the great Silly Symphonies-- it's beautifully art directed and quite imaginative.

Music Land was one of the first cartoons I saw as a kid, and its genius is still unique today. The muscial little war played out brought life to instruments, for the first and greatest time. This cartoon is freakin' awesome.

When I was a child I kept on hearing about this cartoon, and wanted to see it badly. Once I got the Silly Symphonies DVD, I saw it and loved it! This cartoon is excellent for a number of reasons: the colors, characters (because I just love cartoons where inanimate objects are given life!) Although, the number one reason why this short is one of my absolute favorites is the music, 'cause I am a fan of both classical and jazz. The sequences are awesome too. My favorite is the war, but I also love the wedding on the Bridge of Harmony at the end.

This short gets a score of 100%!

Referenced Comments

Three Orphan Kittens (1935)