Holiday Land
Holiday Land is a 1934 American animated short film made by Screen Gems as the first in their Color Rhapsody series.[2] It also features Screen Gems' current star, Scrappy, in his first color appearance.
| Holiday Land | |
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| Directed by | Sid Marcus (uncredited) |
| Story by | Sid Marcus[1] |
| Produced by | Charles Mintz |
| Music by | Joe DeNat |
| Animation by | Arthur Davis (As Art Davis) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Language | English |
The short was nominated at the 1934 Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film but lost to The Tortoise and the Hare.[3][4]
Summary
Scrappy, a recurring character with his own series, is awakened by his alarm clock, does not want to get up and go to school. Tossing in his bed, he wishes that "today was a holiday." The wind blows pages off his wall calendar, which produce "holidays" in the forms of their mascots (Father Time, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, a Thanksgiving turkey, a Halloween witch, etc.) Scrappy enjoys various holiday celebrations until he is awakened by his mother's voice. He quickly makes his morning routine, dresses, and eats a hasty breakfast, before diving under his bedclothes to dream again!
Cast
- Beatrice Hagen, Dorothy Compton and Mary Moder as Quartet
- Purv Pullen as Whistling Soloist And Various Characters
See also
References
- 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. 137. ISBN 9781476672939.
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- "Holiday Land - IMDb". IMDb.
- "7th Academy Awards Winners | Oscar Legacy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. Retrieved 2014-04-08.