Broken Toys (1935 film)
Broken Toys is an 8-minute 1935 animation by Disney in the Silly Symphonies series. The toys in the story include caricatures of W.C. Fields, Zasu Pitts, Ned Sparks and Stepin Fetchit.[2] Broken Toys was originally scheduled to follow Elmer Elephant and Three Little Wolves but was moved ahead of these titles in order to have it ready for a Christmas release.[3][4][5]
| Broken Toys | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ben Sharpsteen |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Tommy Bupp Leone Ledoux Martha Wentworth Bud Duncan The Rhythmettes Ted Osborne Frank Nelson |
| Animation by | Dick Huemer Art Babbitt Bill Tytla John McManus Leonard Sebring Johnny Cannon Bob Wickersham Wolfgang Reitherman Marvin Woodward George Drake James Algar Grim Natwick Cy Young[1] |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | December 14, 1935 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
In the pile of overused and broken toys, a discarded sailor doll gives the other toys, including an Aunt Jemima and Stepin Fetchit doll, a plan on how they can be repaired and bring happiness to others during Christmas.
Voice cast
- Boy doll: Tommy Bupp
- Girl doll: Leone Ledoux
- ZaSu Pitts/Mae West: Martha Wentworth
- Cop: Bud Duncan
- Misc voices: The Rhythmettes, Ted Osborne, Frank Nelson[6]
Home media
The short was released on the 2006 Walt Disney Treasures DVD box set More Silly Symphonies.[7]
References
- "Disney's "Broken Toys" (1935) -". cartoonresearch.com. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 34. ISBN 9781476672939.
- Russell Merritt, J. B. Kaufman, Cineteca del Friuli -Walt Disney's Silly symphonies: a companion to the Classic cartoon ... 2006 8886155271 "Broken Dolls" As the original production number indicates, Broken Toys was intended to follow Elmer Elephant (US 33) and Three Little Wolves. However, in September 1935 it was moved ahead of the other titles in the production schedule in order to have it ready for a Christmas release. The plot resembles that of A Great Big Bunch of You (Warner Bros., 1933), a Merrie Melodie .."
- Michael Barrier The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney 0520941667 2007 "In Broken Toys, whose animation was completed just a few weeks before Disney wrote his November 25 memo, the animators were cast very thoroughly by character, to the point that most scenes have only one character in them. A girl doll was wholly Natwick's, just as other characters belonged to Bill Tytla, Art Babbitt, and Dick Huemer. The doll was convincingly feminine in both drawing and animation, "
- Karl F. Cohen Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators 1476607257 - 2013 "An Internet-posted list of images cut from Disney films mentions that black dolls were cut from Broken Toys (1935), Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930), Night Before Christmas (1933), Santas Workshop (1932), and Three Orphan Kittens (1935)."
- Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J.B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series. Disney Editions. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
- 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. 86–87. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
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