Merbabies
1938 American film
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Merbabies is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released on December 9, 1938.[2] It is a collaboration between Walt Disney and Harman and Ising and the first to involve the duo in a decade; Harman and Ising had worked for Disney for his Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series before leaving for Warner Bros. Pictures. Harman and Ising also donated artists to Disney to work on the production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). It is one of the last shorts of the Silly Symphonies series.
- Pinto Colvig
- Jonathan Caldwell
- Maurice Day
- Pinto Colvig
- Leone LeDoux[1]
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| Music by | Scott Bradley |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 8:34 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
A large number of identical redheaded "merbabies" materialize out of the crashing surf and are summoned to a playground on the ocean floor for an underwater circus in which marine creatures such as seahorses and starfish also take part, beginning with a parade. When a whale blows all the merbabies to the surface inside bubbles, they disappear into the waves from which they came.[3]
Home media
The short was released on the DVD of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and again on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two.[2] It was released to Disney+ on September 8, 2023, with a 4K restoration.[4]
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