Merbabies
Merbabies is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released on December 9, 1938.[2] It is a collaboration between Walt Disney and Harman and Ising, the latter studio having donated artists to Disney to work on the production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). It is one of the last shorts of the Silly Symphonies series.
| Merbabies | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Co-directed by: Rudolf Ising Vernon Stallings (both uncredited) Supervised by: the Walt Disney crew in the uncredited |
| Story by | Pinto Colvig Jonathan Caldwell Maurice Day (all uncredited) |
| Produced by | Walt Disney Hugh Harman (uncredited) Rudolf Ising (uncredited) |
| Starring | Pinto Colvig Leone LeDoux[1] |
| Music by | Musical directed and composed by: Scott Bradley (uncredited) |
| Animation by | Character animation: Lee Blair Thomas McKimson Carl Urbano Jim Pabian Pete Burness Michael Lah Melvin Shaw Rollin Hamilton Frank Smith Jack Zander (all uncredited) |
| Layouts by | Co-layouts: Don Smith John Niendorff Maurice Day (all uncredited) |
| Backgrounds by | Co-backgrounds: Art Riley Don Schaffer (both uncredited) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | December 9, 1938 |
Running time | 8:34 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
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A large number of identical redheaded "merbabies" materialize out of the crashing surf and are summoned to a playground on the ocean floor for an underwater circus in which marine creatures such as seahorses and starfish also take part, beginning with a parade. When a whale blows all the merbabies to the surface inside bubbles, they disappear into the waves from which they came.[3]
Notes edit
- This is the only Disney short to be outsourced to the Harman-Ising Studio.
Home media edit
The short was released on the DVD of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and again on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two.[2] It was released to Disney+ on September 8, 2023, with a 4K restoration.[4]
References edit
- ^ Scott, Keith (3 October 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. p. 531.
- ^ a b Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J. B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Disney Editions. pp. 200–203. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
- ^ "Merbabies". www.bcdb.com, July 1, 2014
- ^ The D23 Team (June 19, 2023). "Disney+ to Debut 28 Restored Classic Walt Disney Animation Studios Shorts". D23. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
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External links edit
- Merbabies at IMDb
- Merbabies at The Big Cartoon DataBase