Merbabies

Merbabies
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)
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	Walt Disney Productions; Harman-Ising Studios (uncredited)
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	December 9, 1938
Running time	8:34 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Merbabies is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released on December 9, 1938.^[1] 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.

Plot[]

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.^[2]

Notes[]

This is the only Harman-Ising short to be outsourced to Disney.

Home media[]

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.^[1]

References[]

^ ^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

External links[]

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[symphony1-1] 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.

[bcdb-2] "Merbabies". www.bcdb.com, July 1, 2014

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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)
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	Walt Disney Productions Harman-Ising Studios (uncredited)
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	December 9, 1938
Running time	8:34 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English