The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
- Directed by
- Wilfred Jackson
- Genre
- animated cartoon
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 127 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A grasshopper named Hop spends his days playing music and enjoying life while the ants work hard preparing for winter. When the cold comes, Hop learns that his carefree ways have left him in need of the ants' help.
playfullightheartedmusicalwhimsicalsimplecheerfulmoralistic
What happens
The Grasshopper and the Ants is a 1934 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. Part of the Silly Symphonies series, the film is an adaptation of The Ant and the Grasshopper, one of Aesop's Fables. It was directed by Wilfred Jackson and stars Pinto Colvig as the voice of the grasshopper Hop. The film introduced the song "The World Owes Me a Living" (later "I Owe the World a Living") by Leigh Harline and Larry Morey, which later became associated with the character Goofy who was also voiced by Colvig. According to Leonard Maltin on the Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies DVD, this was an early example of the idea of having a character turn blue with cold, when full-spectrum Technicolor was still new at the time. The cartoon is believed to be a commentary on the Great Depression and the New Deal, which at that time had just been introduced by the Roosevelt administration. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
The Grasshopper and the Ant (1956)
The Wise Little Hen (1934)
Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
Birds in the Spring (1933)
Hop and Go (1943)
Goofy and Wilbur (1939)
To Spring (1936)
Hoppy Go Lucky (1952)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.