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Merbabies (1938)

Merbabies poster
Directed by
Vernon Stallings, Rudolf Ising, Wilfred Jackson
Genre
fantasy film, animated cartoon
Country
United States
Runtime
8 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Underwater babies frolic in a fantasy ocean. They learn to swim, play with sea creatures, and put on a show.

whimsicalplayfullightheartedgentledreamlikemusicalcheerful

What happens

Merbabies is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released on December 9, 1938. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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