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1933 Index
Birds in the Spring
Released March 11, 1933
Running Time 7:15
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Birds in the Spring
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"A Silly Symphony"

Synopsis

Three newborn birds herald the arrival of spring in a lively pastoral.

Characters

Otto the Baby Bird

Credits

Director : Dave Hand
Animation
Johnny Cannon
Les Clark
Frenchy de Tremaudan
Norm Ferguson
Gerry Geronomi

Videos

United States
Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Silly Symphonies
Germany
Walt Disneys Musikhitparade
Italy
Gold Editions : Silly Symphonies
Silly Symphonies

Laserdiscs

Japan
Cartoon Classics : Limited Gold Editions : Silly Symphonies

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #58 : Silly Symphonies Go To the Birds
Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 65

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Black and White
Animation type : Standard
Sound mix : Mono
Aspect ratio : 1.33 : 1
Negative format : 35mm
Print format : 35mm
Cinematographic process : Spherical
Original language : English

Released by United Artists Pictures

Comments

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From Jerry Edwards : A baby bird, Otto, has several adventures when he runs away from home. He escapes a hypnotic rattlesnake and runs into trouble with a hornet's nest. Rescued by his fater and taken home, he is given a spanking. One of the few Silly Symphony shorts I don't care for. It just doesn't have a Disney "look" or "feel" to it for me. It comes across as a short that could easily have been done by some other animation company. My feeling for this short is that it was mainly done to practice the use of different colors - the birds, trees and flowers display a wide variety of color.

From Kyle Peters : A funny cartoon. I like the part where the snake chases him. I would never see anything (underline "anything") like that today.That is pure 1930's humour, all right!

From Chris Perdue : This is one of my favorite Silly Symphonies of all time. It seems that most people wouldn't agree with me, but I think it is very well done. I love everything about it from the colors to the story about the little bird who goes out to explore the world and gets into all kinds of trouble. This is another one of those shorts that my sister and I used to watch together all the time on the Silly Symphonies Limited Gold Edition. We never owned it, but we rented it often. I think that my sister could relate to the little bird because she was always, and still is now that she is grown, a curious type.