Birds in the Spring
{{short description|1933 film}}
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| name = Birds in the Spring
| image = Birds in the Spring (Disney).jpg
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| director = David Hand
| producer = Walt Disney
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| starring =
| music = Darrell Calker
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| studio = Walt Disney Productions
| distributor = United Artists
| released = {{Film date|1933|03|11}}
| color_process = Technicolor
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| country = United States
| language = English
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Birds in the Spring is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released in 1933.{{cite book |last1=Merritt |first1=Russell |last2=Kaufman |first2=J. B. |year=2016 |title=Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series |location=Glendale, CA |edition=2nd |publisher=Disney Editions |pages=122–123 |isbn=978-1-4847-5132-9}}
Plot
Various birds are seen building nests and caring for eggs. One pair anxiously awaits the hatching of three eggs, then joyfully summon all the other birds to see their new hatchlings. Time jumps forward to when the hatchlings are fully fledged, learning to sing and fly. One becomes lost and explores the ground, encountering grasshoppers, humming birds and then a rattlesnake that attempts to eat the baby bird. The bird manages to lead the snake into tying itself into a knot, but the chick takes shelter in a hornet's nest. The parents rescue it from the angry hornets, and the film ends with the father bird spanking the chick.
Reception
On March 21, 1933, The Film Daily said: "One of the niftiest little numbers of its kind to come along. Workmanship is the height of color cartoon art, and the idea in back of the action is both clever and highly amusing. It shows birds nesting in the spring, with the mother eventually hatching a trio of youngsters, who are then taught to sing, fly, etc. For kids or grownups, it's a pip."{{cite news |title=Short Subjects |url=https://archive.org/details/filmdailyvolume66162newy/page/418/mode/2up/search/short+subjects |access-date=February 16, 2020 |publisher=The Film Daily}}
Voice cast
- Purv Pullen, Clarence Nash, Marion Darlington: Birds
- Dorothy Compton: Baby Birds
- Clarence Nash: Bees
Home media
The short was released on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two. Prior to that, the featurette also appeared on the Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition: Silly Symphonies VHS in the 1980s.
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0023812|Birds in the Spring}}
{{Silly Symphonies}}
{{David Hand}}
Category:1930s Disney animated short films
Category:1933 animated short films
Category:Films directed by David Hand (animator)
Category:Films produced by Walt Disney
Category:Animated films about birds
Category:Animated films about animals
Category:American animated short films
Category:Animated films without speech
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