Underplayed Gems

Broken Toys (1935)

Broken Toys poster
Directed by
Ben Sharpsteen
Genre
Christmas film
Country
United States
Runtime
8 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

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How it feels

An animated short from 1935 about discarded toys that come to life. The toys include caricatures of popular entertainers of the era.

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What happens

Broken Toys is an 8-minute long, 1935 animated short film produced by Walt Disney in the Silly Symphonies series. The toys in the story include caricatures of W.C. Fields, Zasu Pitts, Ned Sparks and Stepin Fetchit. Broken Toys was originally scheduled to follow Elmer Elephant and Three Little Wolves but was moved ahead of these titles in order to have it ready for a Christmas release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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