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Tubby the Tuba (1947 film)

January 07, 2023

Tubby the Tuba is a 1947 American animated short film from Paramount Pictures, directed by George Pal as part of his Puppetoons series.[1][2] It was based on the original song by Paul Tripp and George Kleinsinger. The film features narration by Victor Jory.

Tubby the Tuba
Directed byDirection:
George Pal
Supervision:
George E. Jordan
Written byPaul Tripp
Produced byGeorge Pal
Narrated byVictor Jory
Edited byPhotography:
John S. Abbot
Music byMusic:
George Kleinsinger
Musical Direction:
Clarence Wheeler
Animation byWilliam King
(As W. King)
Backgrounds byReginald Massie
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 11, 1947 (1947-07-11)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short,[3] but lost to Warner Bros. Cartoons' Merrie Melodies cartoon Tweetie Pie. A feature-length version was released in 1975 by AVCO Embassy.[4] The 1987 compilation feature, The Puppetoon Movie, featured the original short in its entirety.[5][6]

Plot

This story takes place in an orchestra featuring, among each other, a piccolo (Peepo), a flute, an oboe, a clarinet, a bassoon, a trumpet, a French horn, a trombone, a tuba (Tubby), a violin, a cello, a double bass, a xylophone, cymbals, a timpani and a celeste. Tubby, the orchestra's tuba, comments after a rehearsal's warmup that he is tired of playing only the bass line. This draws ridicule from the other instruments, and Tubby runs off crying to a nearby creek. A frog who lives there consoles Tubby; both are treated poorly, as neither is thought to be capable or worthy of a solo. The frog teaches Tubby a melody and the two part ways.

The next day, at the warmup, Tubby begins playing his newly learned melody. The orchestral instruments are shocked, but are encouraged to let the tuba have his solo by their conductor. With the frog's help, Tubby gets to play his solo.

References

  1. ^ FilmAffinity
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 85–86. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ BCDB
  4. ^ Tubby the Tuba (1975)-New York Institute of Technology College or University Produced Cartoon-BCDB
  5. ^ The Puppetoon Movie-TCM.com
  6. ^ Amazon.com: The Puppetoon Movie

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