Holiday for Shoestrings (1946)

Directed by

Friz Freleng

Genre

Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In this animated short, a pack of elves helps a shoemaker named Jake. The story is set to classical music pieces and uses pantomime and visual gags.

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What happens

Holiday for Shoestrings is a 1946 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on February 23, 1946. The film is a spoof of the fairy tale "The Elves and the Shoemaker". The plot concerns a pack of elves who help a shoemaker, Jake. The cartoon is set to a number of classical music pieces, some of which are used as running gags, especially from "The Nutcracker Suite". The title is a play on the David Rose number "Holiday for Strings". However, that tune is not played in the score. The cartoon is done largely in pantomime, with the occasional (unintelligible) bickering of elves, many of which look like miniature versions of Elmer Fudd with elf-like ears (anticipating a similar role played by Elmer 10 years later). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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