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Walt Disney, Three Little Pigs (Silly Symphony), c. 1933.
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Picture Book loaded with FANTASTIC illustrations!!! Picture Book is VG+ (shelf wear, name written inside cover) Record is VG Labels are very clean Tracklist A Walt Disney's Story Of The Three Little Pigs B Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf? It's Fun to Read as You Listen Creates the desire to read as it entertains the child. SEE the pictures HEAR the story READ the book Three Little Pigs is an animated short film released on May 27, 1933 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett. Based on a fable of the same name, the Silly Symphony won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film of 1933. The short cost $22,000 and grossed $250,000. In 1994, it was voted #11 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. In 2007, Three Little Pigs was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
I confess, I was never a big Three Little Pigs fan. I knew the song of course, what Disney fan hasn't heard "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf'? But I never got it. Well, I thought I didn't. Then I read a terrific article in D23 magazine, which prompted me to watch it on YouTube. Then I downloaded it from iTunes! This classic Academy Award winning Silly Symphony released in 1933 is one of the most famous Disney cartoons, and a leap forward for character development. Watching it brought back a wave of nostalgia. I had seen this as a child, and the scenes with the Wolf blowing down Fifer and Fiddler Pig's homes was especially vivid. On the right, the Wolf about to blow the house down. Photo taken at The Walt Disney Family Museum. There are some edgier little visual gags, such as the picture of "Father" as a link of sausages, which hangs in Practical Pig's house, and the Wolf's disguises are especially funny. I was happy to discover the Disney Animation Collection 2, available on Netflix, not only features the The Three Little Pigs, but 2 of it's 3 sequels (I'm not sure why all 3 aren't on this) along with 4 other shorts. Following the Three Little Pigs is it's 1934 sequel, The Big Bad Wolf, which adds Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandma into the mix. While this isn't as strong as a whole, I feel the animation is better. The edginess continues, with the Wolf dressing as Grandma and breaking the 4th wall by asking how he's doing at one point. There is even a moment which "dates" this, when the Wolf imitates Jimmy Durante at one point. This is followed by another sequel, Three Little Wolves, from 1936. By now I started wondering why Practical Pig continued saving his ungrateful and lazy brothers. But save them he does with his "Wolf Pacifier". This is even edgier, and, well, a bit odd, when at one point the Wolf dressed as Little Bo Peep, locks Fifer and Fiddler in behind him, to which the Pigs reply with a blush, "Why, Bo Peep!" It's interesting to see the progression in the skill of the animators from one short to the next, and while this is the weakest of the 3 cartoons, it's the strongest animation. The next cartoon is a wonderful short from 1952, which I featured here on Disney Musings in the past, Lambert the Sheepish Lion about a lion cub who is mistakenly left with a flock of sheep by a stork. I've used the word edgy several times in this post, and this next animated short is the edgiest of the bunch, if not one of the edgiest cartoons by Disney ever! Chicken Little, released in 1943, is obviously an allegory for World War II, and has a very dark, disturbing, and cautionary ending. The next cartoon is a Silly Symphony I'd never seen, The Three Blind Mousketeers, from 1936, which takes the 3 blind mice and makes them swashbuckling Musketeers, fighting a tyrannical cat trying to keep them from feasting. It starts rather slow, but gets more enjoyable as it goes on. Rounding out the set is another Silly Symophony I'd never a seen, even though I've seen the star several times. Elmer Elephant, from 1936, is invited to Tillie Tiger's birthday party. Tillie loves Elmer, but the other animals incessant teasing drives him off, until an emergency flares up, and Elmer saves the day, and Tillie reveals her love for our hero. This is a very sweet cartoon, and a nice way to end the set.
A big, good look at Disneyland Records’ album of stories from the 1933 Silly Symphony plus two sequels narrated by Sterling Holloway and soundtrack excerpts.
This tin litho tea set is from the Ohio Art Company circa 1930s. The pieces feature illustrations from Walt Disney's animated film 'The Three Little Pigs' which was released in 1933. The set includes one tray, five plates, four saucers and one cup. They show their age and use as shown in the photos. All in all, the pieces are still colorful and in nice vintage condition. These can be quite hard to find. The set will make a terrific addition to a collection or display. ~ Tin litho tea set ~ Disney's The Three Little Pigs ~ Ohio Art Company ~ Cute on display
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“Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, Big Bad Wolf, Big Bad Wolf?” This week’s breakdown features a true Disney triumph, perhaps the most phenomenal short cartoon of its time.
Three Little Pigs (1933)The Big Bad Wolf (1934)Three Little Wolves (1936)The Practical Pig (1939)The Thrifty Pig (1941)
The three little pigs have never looked so cute and the big bad wolf never looked so bad in this retelling of the classic fairy tale! Vintage Disney artwork from the 1940s makes this book an important addition to every Little Golden Book collector s library.\"
