"A Silly Symphony"

Release Date October 14, 1938

Running Time 8:11

Synopsis

A farmyard of animals go through their daily routine to the accompaniment of various classical themes.

Credits

Director : Jack Cutting

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Silly Symphonies

Germany

Donald und die Entebande

Donald Ich bin der Grösste (74 minute version)

Italy

Silly Symphonies

Paperino e la Sua Banda di Paperi

Laserdiscs

Japan

Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Silly Symphonies

Donald Duck and his Duckling Gang

DVD

United States

Make Mine Music

Disney Treasures : Silly Symphonies

Cartoon Classic Favorites : Extreme Music Fun

Region 2 : United Kingdom

Walt Disney's Fables : Volume 2

Germany

Zauberhafte Marchenwelt 2

Television

Walt Disney Presents : More About Silly Symphonies

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

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 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

A Silly Symphony.

Parts of this short were reused for the 1951 Chip 'n' Dale short "Chicken in the Rough."

From Rod Bennett : Once again, we now see the fully mature feature animation style displayed in all its glory; the look of this simple 7-minute short compares quites favorably to "Snow White" and "Pinocchio." It's also a direct ancestor of "Fantasia" - told with the same absence of dialogue and set to a soundtrack of Beethoven, Rossini, and Wagner.

From Mark Krtatzner : Max Terhurn did voices of animal for the short. He was a cowboy sidekick but also a champion bird caller.

From Jerry Edwards : The elaborate dance routines quickly get tiresome for me, but this is one of my wife Liz' favorites. I do enjoy the continuing story of a young piglet trying to get something to eat for breakfast, with the satisfying ending of the piglet wallowing in a pile of corn. When my son Jeb was much younger, he was always very concerned about the poor little piggy getting something to eat. I've always enjoyed that the opening animation of the farm was repeated for the 1951 "Chicken In The Rough" short.

From Baruch Weiss : I love this cartoon. I loved the scene where the little sheep said "Mama" and then the mom licks him, that was cute! Also I liked where the Chicken clucked "Hiya Toots." That short excerpt was also used in the Walt Disney Cartoon Classics videos from the late 80's.

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