Morris the Midget Moose
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{{Infobox film
|name = Morris the Midget Moose
|image = Morris the Midget Moose.jpg
|caption =
|director = {{Plainlist |
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|producer = Walt Disney
|animator = George Nicholas
George Kreisl
Jerry Hathcock
Jack Boyd
|story = Frank Owen
Eric Gurney
Bill de la Torre
|layout_artist = Karl Karpé
|background_artist = Ray Huffine
|music = Oliver Wallace
|starring = Clarence Nash
Dink Trout
|studio = Walt Disney Productions
|distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
|released = {{Film date|1950|11|24}}
|runtime = 08:02
|country = United States
}}
Morris the Midget Moose is a Walt Disney animated short,{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |page=153}} based on a 1945 picture book published by G.P. Putnam's sons, written and illustrated by Frank Owen, originally released to theaters on November 24, 1950, from Walt Disney Productions, originally released by RKO Radio Pictures and then, Buena Vista Distribution for its re-release.{{cite book|last1=McCall|first1=Douglas L.|title=Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts|date=11 September 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609669|page=167|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALmJCgAAQBAJ|language=en}}
Plot
This cartoon is a two-heads-is-better-than-one parable. The bootle beetle (from Donald Duck cartoons, such as Bootle Beetle, The Greener Yard and Sea Salts) tells two younger beetles, who are fighting to reach a piece of fruit that is out of their reach, the story of Morris, a four-year-old moose, who has not grown beyond the stages of a child and is the laughing stock among the other moose. Morris is a small moose with large antlers, and meets up one day with Balsam, a large moose with embarrassingly small antlers. Morris and Balsam become good friends. Thunderclap, the strongest bull moose, is constantly challenging and defending his title as head moose. The two defeat Thunderclap with Morris standing on Balsam's back. The combined strength of Morris and Balsam becomes too much for Thunderclap. In the end the sum of the two was greater than the parts and the beetles learn the lesson by standing on each other's shoulders to reach the far hanging fruit.{{cite web|title=November 24|url=https://disneydetail.me/2012/11/24/november-24|website=disneydetail|date=24 November 2012}}
Production
The film was co-directed by Jack Hannah and Charles Nichols, the story was adapted by Bill Berg, written by Eric Gurney, Bill de la Torre, produced by Walt Disney, music by Oliver Wallace, animation by Jack Boyd, Jerry Hathcock, George Kreisl and George Nicholas, layouts by Karl Karpe, and the backgrounds by Ray Huffine. It featured the voices of Clarence Nash and Dink Trout.
Home media
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|title=Morris the Midget Moose|id=0042747}}
{{Disney's Short films}}
{{Movies and TV series set in the Mickey Mouse universe}}
Category:1950s Disney animated short films
Category:Fictional deer and moose
Category:Anthropomorphic deer and moose
Category:Films directed by Jack Hannah
Category:Films directed by Charles August Nichols
Category:Films produced by Walt Disney
Category:Films scored by Oliver Wallace
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:American animated short films
Category:Animated films about deer and moose
Category:English-language short films
Category:1950 animated short films
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