Hamilton Luske

출생 : 1903-10-16, Chicago, Illinois, USA

사망 : 1968-02-19

약력

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hamilton Luske (October 16, 1903 - February 19, 1968) was an American film director. He directed many Disney films and shorts from 1936 until his death in 1968. He won an Academy Award in 1965. Born in Chicago, Illinois on October 16, 1903 and died in Bel Air, California on February 19, 1968 at age 64. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hamilton Luske, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

참여 작품

Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies
Animation
Among the many animation treasures celebrated here are the never-before-released 'Hell's Bells' and the original unedited 'Mother Goose Goes Hollywood', plus the Academy Award winning 'Three Orphan Kittens' (Best Cartoon, 1935). Enriching the collection even further are several options commentaries by some of the world's foremost animation and film music experts, who also take part in a lively conversation about the series that let Walt Disney push the envelope of animation art to unimaginable flights of fantasy.
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Director
Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a docile dragon the art of being a force to be reckoned with. In 'Mickey and the Beanstalk' (1947), Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck confront the fearsome Willie the Giant to try to retrieve the magical singing harp to Happy Valley.
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3
Director
Three classic stories from the Disney team. 'Donald in Mathmagicland' is an award-winning short film, featuring everyone's favourite duck. 'Ben and Me' tells the story of how one little mouse helped Benjamin Franklin and changed the course of history. Finally, 'Modern Inventions' finds Donald Duck in a mueum where he gets more than he bargained for. From the Back Cover
Pacifically Peeking
Director
Moby Duck leads a study of life on several South Pacific islands, including Pitcairn, Fiji, and Hawaii.
Understanding Stresses and Strains
Director
This film suggests the usage of common sense to minimize the normal stresses and strains of everyday life.
The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle
Associate Producer
Eagles are the channel to the spirit world for a Hopi Indian boy who defies tribal law and frees a sacred, sacrificial eagle. He is banished from his village to the wilderness, but the eagle teaches him hunting skills and cares for him. He eventually returns, only to be bullied and taunted by the other village boys.
Scrooge McDuck and Money
Director
Scrooge McDuck teaches Huey, Dewey and Louie the basics about money & its history, economics and investing.
EPCOT
Director
A promotional short film hosted by Walt Disney, filmed on October 27, 1966, less than two months before his death. Here he details plans for the "Florida Project," later known as Disney World, and how his EPCOT concept will be integrated into it.
Disneyland Around the Seasons
Producer
Walt takes viewers on yet another tour of Disneyland to point out some of the newest additions to the park, including New Orleans Square, It's a Small World, and Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln.
Disneyland Around the Seasons
Director
Walt takes viewers on yet another tour of Disneyland to point out some of the newest additions to the park, including New Orleans Square, It's a Small World, and Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln.
Disneyland 10th Anniversary
Director
Walt Disney introduces Julie Reems,Miss Disneyland Tencennial,who is to travel as Disneyland's official ambassador,and he shows Julie the imagineering department at Disneyland,and shows her the initial project of the IT'S A SMALL WORLD building that will be built,and the new restaurant that will be built. Then he shows her the haunted mansion that will be built,and miniatures of the Pirates of the Carribean ride that will be built.Next,Tinkerbell uses her "magic" to take viewers to Disneyland for the big 10 year celebration with Mickey and the gang.
Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair
Director
Walt Disney shows the viewing audience dinosaurs that will be used at the 1964 New York World's Fair in which Disneyland will play an important part at.
Fly With Von Drake
Director
Ludwig Von Drake covers the history of aviation through live action and animated clips.
Disneyland After Dark
Director
Taking a look at Disneyland following nightfall, including nighttime entertainment and appearances by many celebrities of the day.
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
Associate Producer
Set in 1860s Holland along the famed Zeider Zee — young Hans Brinker finds himself responsible for supporting his family after his father becomes injured in an accident. He and his sister, Gretel, travel to Amsterdam in search of funds to help pay for their father's operation. Their only hope lies in the city's annual ice skating race in which Hans must face off against his arch-rival, Ludwig Schimmel, in hopes of winning the prize money.
Back Stage Party
Director
Party, enterianment, and Behind the scenes
Kids Is Kids
Director
Prof. Ludwig Von Drake shares his knowledge on the subject of child psychology. He is particularly studying Donald Duck (whom Von Drake refers to as "Mr. X" to protect his identity) and offers advice on how to handle Huey, Dewey and Louie.
Donald and the Wheel
Director
A father tells his son the invention of the wheel was most important; to prove it, the two hipsters visit the inventor caveman Donald Duck. There follows a survey of the progress of transportation, a digression into the basics of gear ratios, a series of live-action dancers to various styles of music inside a giant jukebox, an illustration of the use of wheels in power generation and space satellites, etc. Ultimately, Donald decides he doesn't want the responsibility, but certainly someone else would take on the task.
The Litterbug
Director
Donald and his nephews are litterbugs: they drop garbage everywhere they go - even when they are out for a drive in Donald's car - until they are stopped by a policeman who makes them pick up everything they have dropped.
101마리의 달마시안 개
Director
연애도, 사랑도 하지 않고 매일 작곡만 하는 로저는 영리한 달마티아 개 퐁고의 작전으로 도도한 여성 아니타와 사랑에 빠지게 되고, 결국 결혼에 성공한다. 퐁고 역시 아니타의 애완견인 페르디타와 결혼한다. 페르디타는 곧 15마리의 강아지를 낳는다. 한편 아니타의 동창이자 엄청난 부자인 크루엘라는 모피라면 정신을 차리지 못하는 악녀로, 아름다운 달마티아 개의 가죽을 모피로 만들기 위해 새끼 강아지들을 납치한다.구출 작전에 돌입한 퐁고와 페르디타는 크루엘라의 낡은 성에서 자신들의 새끼 15마리 외에도 이미 잡혀와 있던 84마리의 새끼 달마티아 개들을 발견하는데...
Gala Day at Disneyland
Producer
The gala dedication ceremonies at the opening of three new major attractions at Disneyland—Matterhorn Bobsleds, Submarine Voyage, and the new Monorail—include a parade down Main Street with appearances by Walt and Roy Disney and members of their families, along with Vice President Richard Nixon and family, and numerous film stars. The celebrations end at night with a fireworks display.
Perilous Assignment
Director
Behind-the-scenes of the filming of Third Man on the Mountain on location in Zermatt, Switzerland, where the cast and crew endure many hardships.
Donald in Mathmagic Land
Director
Disney used animation here to explain through this wonderful adventure of Donald how mathmatics can be usuful in our real life. Through this journey Donald shows us how mathmatics are not just numbers and charts, but magical living things.
Disneyland '59
Director
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail, and the Submarine Voyage, a project so massive that it was called "The Second Opening of Disneyland". Highlights include a mammoth, star-studded parade and the official launching of the Disneyland submarines by U.S. Navy officers. Among the guests are then-Vice-President Richard Nixon and family, Clint Eastwood, and Meredith Willson, who leads the Disneyland band in his own "76 Trombones." Sponsored by Kodak, the commercial spokespersons include Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Production Supervisor
Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
The Liberty Story
Director
Walt Disney presents a combination live-action and animated drama of America's historical fight for freedom. Includes a segment from Johnny Tremain, depicting the Boston Tea Party and the battle at Concord, and is followed by Ben and Me.
Tricks of Our Trade
Director
With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's in-house training and research that studied real-life motion and made technical innovations.
Our Friend the Atom
Director
Dr. Heinz Haber, a noted scientist in the field of atomic energy, hosts this look at the possibility of an exciting new power source. He starts by comparing atomic energy to a genie in a bottle, both of which capable of doing both good and evil, and it is up to humankind to develop safe controls over this largely unexplored science.
Disneyland, U.S.A
Director
A tour of the Disneyland theme park.
레이디와 트램프
Director
부잣집에 사는 어여쁜 코커슈파니엘 강아지인 레이디는 주인아저씨와 아줌마의 사랑 속에 행복하게 자라 요조숙녀가 되었다. 그러나 아기가 태어나고 주인부부가 여행을 떠난 사이 집을 봐주러 온 새라 아줌마는 데려온 고양이만 예뻐하고 숙녀를 애완동물 가게에 맡겨버린다. 금세 천덕꾸러기 신세로 전락하고 재갈을 물리는 고통을 당하자 그곳에서 도망친 레이디는 거리의 강아지 트램프를 만나 사랑하는 사이가 된다. 개 수용소에 갇히기도 하는 등 천신만고 끝에 집으로 돌아돌아와 묶여 지내는 레이디. 트램프와 함께 들쥐로부터 아기를 구하게 되는데...
Music Land
Director
Walt Disney animation animated cartoon musical compilation ("The BIG Parade of MIRTH and MELODY"; "Offering hits re-released from 'Make Mine Music' and 'Melody Time'"; featuring cartoons from the 1946 musical, "Make Mine Music," and the 1948 musical "Melody Time") featuring Donald Duck, Joe Carioca, and other Disney cartoon characters, and also songs by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Frances Langford, Roy Rogers and Trigger, The Andrews Sisters (Laverne, Maxene, and Patty Andrews), Freddy Martin and his orchestra, Sons of the Pioneers, Jerry Colonna, and Ethel Smith
Contrasts in Rhythm
Director
An animated segment from the film Melody Time which includes the two shorts "Bumble Boogie" and "Trees".
Ben and Me
Director
A revisionist version of American history as a small mouse comes to live with Benjamin Franklin and turns out to be responsible for many of his ideas; including the beginning of the Declaration of Independance!
피터 팬
Director
행복하고 아름다운 웬디의 집. 그곳엔 상냥한 어머니와 듬직한 아버지, 귀여운 동생 존과 마이클, 그리고 온순한 개 나나가 살고 있다. 별이 밝게 빛나던 어느날 밤, 어머니와 아버지가 파티에 간 사이 웬디의 집에 꿈의 섬에서 고아들과 함께 살고 있다는 피터팬이 찾아온다. 피터팬은 얼마 전 웬디의 방 창문을 기웃거리다가 나나에게 빼앗긴 그림자를 찾으러 온 것이었다. 남몰래 숨어들어 그림자를 찾아내려 했지만, 요리조리 도망치는 그림자를 잡으려다 오히려 웬디에게 들키고 만다. 피터팬의 그림자를 꿰매어준 인연으로 피터와 웬디, 존, 그리고 마이클 모두는 부푼 가슴을 안고 꿈의 섬을 향해 날아가게 된다.
How to Catch a Cold
Director
An average guy gets lessons from his common sense on how to treat a cold (mainly, rest and avoid behaviors that would spread it) and how to keep from getting one in the first place. Of course, since the film is sponsored by Kleenex, it's important to use disposable tissues.
이상한 나라의 앨리스
Director
나른한 여름 오후, 언니가 읽어주는 역사 얘기를 들으며 졸고 있던 꼬마 소녀 앨리스는 하얀 토끼가 뛰어가는 걸 보고 뒤를 쫓아간다. 토끼 구멍 속으로 따라 들어가 보니 그곳은 완전히 신비한 세계다. 작은 문의 손잡이는 말을 하고, 테이블 위의 약병을 마시니까 앨리스는 병속에 들어 갈 정도로 아주 작아져서, 자기가 흘렸던 눈물의 파도를 타고 열쇠 구멍을 지나간다. 앨리스가 도착한 곳에서는 뱃사람 도도를 비롯한 한 떼의 무리가 파도치는 바닷가를 달리며 젖은 몸을 말리자는 노래를 부르고 있었다. 물 속에서 아무리 빙글빙글 돌아봤자 몸은 마르지 않는다고 얘기를 해 봐도 듣지 않는데...
신데렐라
Director
친절하고 상냥한 아릉다운 아가씨 신데렐라는 맘씨 나쁜 새 엄마와 시기심 많은 언니들의 구박을 받으면서도 희망을 잃지 않았다. 친구들이라고는 거스와 자크같은 생쥐뿐이지만 그들은 무슨 일이든 신데렐라를 도왔고, 왕자님의 무도회가 열리던 날에는 착한 요정이 나타나 신데렐라에게 아름다운 드레스와 호박으로 만든 마차를 준비해 주었을 때에도 말이 되어 신데렐라와 동행한다. 궁정의 무도회에 참석해서 멋진 왕자님을 만난 신데렐라. 하지만, 시계가 12시를 가리키자 마법은 풀려나고 신데렐라는 유리구두 한짝을 떨군 채 왕자님에게 인사도 못하고 도망치듯 궁전을 빠져나오는데...
So Dear to My Heart
Director
The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his 'champion' lamb, Danny. Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcome the obstinate objections of his loving, yet strict, grandmother Granny. Jeremiah's confidant, Uncle Hiram, is the boy's steady ally.
즐거운 음악시간
Director
디즈니의 고전 뮤지컬 전통을 잇는 이 작품은 경쾌한 음악과 인상적인 캐릭터들로 가득한 7개의 이야기를 선보인다. 사랑받는 디즈니 캐릭터 도널드 덕은 ‘블레임 잇 온 더 삼바’에서 재즈풍의 익살스러운 노래를 부르고, ‘범블 부기’에서는 바쁜 호박벌이 음악에 도전하는 것을 보여준다. ‘리틀 투트’에서는 장난꾸러기 예인선이 등장하고, ‘조니 애플시드’와 ‘페코스 빌’에서는 전설과 신화에 나오는 영웅들이 등장한다. 눈과 귀가 호강하는 가운데 발을 구르고 손뼉을 치며 볼 수 있는 영화.
Trees
Director
A Walt Disney short film.
Once Upon a Wintertime
Director
A short segment of the feature film Melody Time, re-released as a separate entity five years afterwards.
미키와 콩나무
Director
월트 디즈니의 만화. 지미니 크리켓이 소개하는 두 편의 단편. 첫번째 것은 야생으로 돌아간 서커스 곰 봉고의 이야기이며, 두번째 것은 유명한 동화를 변형한 로서 도날드 덕과 구피가 조연으로 출연한다.
Mickey and the Beanstalk
Director
A mysterious thief has stolen the prosperous Happy Valley's most prized possession: the musical Singing Harp. Can Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find the answer in the irritable Willie the Giant's magnificent castle up in the blue sky?
Willie the Operatic Whale
Director
The Metropolitan Opera is looking for the sea monster reported in newspaper headlines, because this monster sings beautifully! The "monster" is actually Willie, a whale who can sing in several voices simultaneously. A friend of his, a gull called Whitey, tells him about the searching ship, and Willie goes to audition, as it's been his ambition to perform on stage. Unfortunately, Professor Tetti Tatti from the Opera believes that one or more singers have been swallowed by the whale, and need to be rescued.
음악의 세계
Director
갖가지 형식의 노래와 음악을 주제로한 10편의 단편을 묶은 작품으로 그 중에서 , , 그리고 등이 있다.
After You've Gone
Director
The swinging sounds of Benny Goodman's quartet are accentuated in this animated fantasy.
The Pelican and the Snipe
Director
A snipe that lives with a pelican in a lighthouse must continually keep his pelican friend from harm when he flies in his sleep.
Pedro
Director
Pedro, a small airplane from Chile, engaging in his very first flight to pick up air mail from Mendoza, with near disastrous results.
라틴 아메리카의 밤
Director
코믹한 작품으로, 라틴 아메리카를 따라 디즈니의 여행을 보여주고 있다.
Food Will Win the War
Director
World War II propaganda film on the importance of American farming. A morale booster film stressing the abudance of American agricultural output.
리럭턴트 드래곤
Director
리럭턴트 드래곤의 원작은 1989년도 출판된 어린이용 소설이다. 이것을 디즈니에서 만들면서 단순히 만화를 보여주는 것이 아닌 실제 만화영화가 어떻게 제작되는지 디즈니사를 소개하는 내용으로 만든 영화가 바로 1941년도작 '리럭턴트 드래곤'이다.. 40년대 이미 거대 스튜디오와 세계 최고의 영화사로 성장한 디즈니사의 모습을 확인할 수 있으며 어떻게 세계 최고 수준의 애니메이션을 제작하는지 그 과정을 세밀히 살펴 볼 수 있다...
환타지아
Director
8곡의 클래식 음악에 각각 다른 성격의 애니메이션을 결합한 것으로, 총 10명이 연출을 맡고 25명이 스토리 작업에 투입된 작품이다. 판타지아에는 바흐의 토카타와 푸가, 베토벤의 전원 교향곡, 차이콥스키의 호두까기 인형, 스트라빈스키의 봄의 제전, 뒤카의 마법사의 제자, 폰키엘리의 시간의 춤, 무소륵스키의 민둥산의 하룻밤, 슈베르트의 아베 마리아가 환상적인 영상과 함께 실려 있다. 연주를 담당한 악단은 세계 정상급 교향악단인 필라델피아 오케스트라이고, 지휘는 영화 오케스트라의 소녀에도 출연한 적이 있는 세계적인 지휘자 레오폴드 스토코프스키가 맡았다.
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
피노키오
Director
인형 제작자인 제페토는 별을 바라보면서 남자 아이 인형인 피토키오가 정말 사람이 되었으면 하고 기원한다. 그 날 밤 푸른 요정이 제페토의 작업장에 나타나 피노키오에게 아직은 인형 모습 그대로이지만 살아서 움직이게 만든다. 요정은 피노키오에게 그가 용감하고 비이기적이고 진실함을 증명할 수 있다면 그가 진짜 소년이 될 것이라 이야기한다. 피노키오의 첫 번째 시련은 제페토가 피노키오를 학교에 보내면서 닥친다. 학교로 가는 도중 피노키오는 워딩톤 파울펠로라는 이름의 교활한 여우를 만난다. 그와 그의 동료인 기데온은 피노키오가 학교를 때려치우고 연극계로 진출토록 설득하는데...
The Ugly Duckling
Director
An outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.
The Ugly Duckling
Animation
An outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.
Mickey's Surprise Party
Director
Minnie is baking cookies. When she leaves for a short while, her dog Fifi accidentally drops popcorn kernels in the dough. Mickey and Pluto come over and visit with Minnie and Fifi. When Mickey notices that something is burning, Minnie remembers the cookies, which are popping popcorn out of them. Minnie is upset and lies on her sofa crying. Mickey goes out and buys a large amount of cookies and crackers. He comes back and shows them to her and she is overjoyed. The short was originally a theatrical advertisement for the National Biscuit Company (now known as Nabisco), where all of the products seen are various Nabisco products (i.e. Ritz Crackers, Oreo Cookies, Fig Newtons, etc.). These would later be edited out and replaced with generic-brands in television broadcasts and home video releases.
황소 페르디난드
Animation
아카데미 수상 단편. 조용하고 상냥하며 길가에 멈춰 서서 꽃향기 맡는 것을 좋아하는 한 마리의 소. 어쩌다 벌에 쏘인 퍼디낸드를 보고 무시무시한 짐승으로 여긴 마을 사람들은 퍼디낸드를 소싸움 판에 내보내는데. 그러나 막상 싸움판에 올라간 퍼디낸드의 관심은 투우사에게 주어지는 꽃다발뿐.
백설공주와 일곱 난쟁이
Supervising Animator
아주 먼 옛날, 왕비는 뱃속의 아이가 눈처럼 하얀 피부에 사과처럼 붉은 입술, 장미빛 뺨을 지닌 공주이기를 빌었다. 드디어 왕비는 예쁜 공주를 낳고 그녀를 백설공주라 불렀다. 백설공주는 모든 사람들의 사랑을 받으며 자라났지만 왕비가 죽고 새로 들어온 계모가 여왕이 되자 혹독한 시달림을 받는다. 계모에게는 신비로운 마술 거울이 있었는데, 어느 날 여왕이 세상에서 가장 아름다운 사람은 누구냐고 질문하자 마술 거울은 백설공주라고 대답한다. 분노한 여왕은 사냥꾼을 불러 백설공주를 죽이도록 명령하지만, 사냥꾼은 백설공주의 순수한 마음씨에 감동하여 그녀를 죽이는 대신 계모를 피해서 도망치도록 일러주는데...
The Worm Turns
Animation
Mad scientist Mickey has just brewed up a potion; to test it out, he squirts it on a fly that's been trapped by a spider, a (regular) mouse being harassed by a cat, then the cat when Pluto goes after it, and Pluto when dogcatcher Pegleg Pete goes after him. Each of the underdogs turns against his tormentor.
Mickey's Elephant
Director
A friend shipped Mickey a baby elephant named Bobo as a playmate for Pluto. Pluto's first introduction is to Bobo's trunk, through a fence. He's not thrilled, and marches away. The playful Bobo grabs Pluto's tail and follows. Pluto's devil self tells him he's being replaced, and tells him to attack with red pepper.
Elmer Elephant
Animation
Little Elmer Elephant has a crush on Tillie Tiger and his affection is reciprocated. Trouble is, the pint-sized pachyderm is beset by bullies who ridicule his trunk and make his life miserable. Then a conflagration breaks out at Tillie's tree house.
Three Orphan Kittens
Animation
Three orphan kittens are entering a society house in winter and ruin the furniture. But when they're caught by the maid, the young daughter of the house "rescues" them from the cold out outside.
Pluto's Judgement Day
Animation
Pluto chases a kitten through a window and right into Mickey's lap. Mickey scolds him, and goes off to wash the kitten. Pluto falls asleep in front of the fire, and dreams of a hell ruled by cats where he is put on trial for all his crimes against cats and, of course, found guilty.
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Animation
A robin is shot so the woodland community holds a trial to investigate.
The Robber Kitten
Animation
A kitten runs off to be a robber with a dog.
The Tortoise and the Hare
Animation
The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.
The Goddess of Spring
Animation
The goddess is greeted by dancing flowers and fairies. The devil comes and takes her away to be his queen. She's despondent, as winter settles in above ground. But the devil isn't happy either, and offers anything to make her happy. They reach an agreement: she'll spend six months above ground and six below. Thus we have seasons.
Peculiar Penguins
Animation
Penguins dance and play in Antarctica.
Gulliver Mickey
Animation
Mickey is first seen reading Gulliver's Travels while the mice orphan children are pretending to be sailors. After ruining their game Mickey tries to make it up to them by retelling the Liliput sequences of Gulliver's Travels pretending it was a real event that happened to him by portraying the role of Gulliver. The story ends with Mickey saving the town from a giant spider (Pete). However after telling the story, one of the children dangles a fake spider attached to a fishing rod which scares Mickey out of his witts.
나쁜 늑대
Animation
'빨간 모자 소녀'와 늑대, 아기 돼지 삼형제의 이야기를 담은 애니메이션
Funny Little Bunnies
Animation
We see bunny rabbits preparing for Easter, by making chocolate eggs and rabbits, decorating eggs, and weaving and filling baskets.
The Grasshopper and the Ants
Animation
As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves
The Night Before Christmas
Animation
A narrator sings the opening stanzas of the classic poem while we see the house at rest. Santa lands on the roof, comes down the chimney, and opens his bag. The toys march out and decorate the tree, with the toy soldiers shooting balls from their cannon, a toy airplane stringing a garland like skywriting, and the toy firemen applying snow. A blimp delivers the star to the top. Meanwhile, Santa fills the stockings. His laughter awakens the children, who sneak out. The toys rush to their places, and Santa escapes up the chimney just in time.
The Pied Piper
Animation
The people of Hamelin, overrun with rats, offer a bag of gold to anyone who can get rid of the rats. A piper offers to do the job, and successfully lures the rats into a mirage of cheese, which disappears. The citizens, disappointed that all he did was play a tune, offer only pocket change. The piper, angered, plays a new tune that has all the children of the city follow him, even the new twins the stork is preparing to deliver.
Lullaby Land
Animation
A baby is transported to Lullaby Land, where pacifiers grow on trees, diapers, bottles, and potty chairs march on parade, and the gingham dog comes to life. He wanders into the "keep out" cave, full of things like scissors, knives, and fountain pens that are not for baby and begins smashing watches with hammers and playing with giant matches. The matches chase after him; baby escapes by riding a bar of soap across a pond, but the smoke from the matches turns into boogey-men. The benevolent sandman, dressed as a wizard, spots baby hiding and works his magic, bringing us back to the real nursery.
Mickey's Gala Premier
Animation
Mickey's film is having a premiere, and all the stars turn out at the Chinese Theatre. Among those shown: Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Jimmy Durante, Clark Gable, Sid Grauman, Mae West. The picture, Galloping Romance (Pegleg Pete kidnaps Minnie, and Mickey gives chase on a variety of animals), starts, and everyone in the audience sways along to the music, then rolls in the aisles with laughter. After, everyone comes on stage to congratulate Mickey; Garbo smothers him with kisses.
The Mail Pilot
Animation
Mickey the mail pilot is entrusted with a chest of money. He battles rain and snow, but his biggest battle is against Pete, who has a plane equipped with a machine gun and a harpoon cannon. Mickey's plane quickly loses its wings and propeller to Pete's armaments, but he improvises a helicopter blade with a clothes-drying rack, then, when that gives way, a replacement prop from a windmill.
Father Noah's Ark
Animation
Noah, his family (wife, 3 sons, their wives), and various animals all help build the ark. The rains come, and the skunks barely miss the boat (not that anyone was particularly looking for them), but they manage to swim to it. After the rain and many lamentations by the humans, the sun returns, to the great joy of all. The ground appears, and the animals (and many new babies) disembark.
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
Animation
Mickey Mouse and his friends stage their own production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Santa's Workshop
Animation
Santa's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.
Babes in the Woods
Animation
Two children wander the forest and get lured into a witch's house.
King Neptune
Animation
After a short introduction, one of Neptune's mermaids is captured by a pirate ship, and their anchor chain entangles King Neptune; the various sea creatures launch a full-on assault on the pirate ship, and eventually the giant King himself gets free and creates major havoc for the ship.
Flowers and Trees
Animation
A jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celebrates the wedding.
Operation Undersea
Director