The Bird Store

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The Bird Store
Directed byWilfred Jackson
Produced byWalt Disney
Animation byDavid Hand
Harry Reeves
Layouts byCharles Philippi
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
January 16, 1932
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Bird Store is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released on January 16, 1932, by Columbia Pictures.[1] The cartoon marks the first recorded voice work of Clarence Nash (the original voice of Donald Duck) for Walt Disney Productions, and was also the final cartoon in the Silly Symphonies series to be released by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

In a pet shop specializing in birds, various caged birds chirp along to the score in their various styles (including a set of birds that look like the Marx Brothers). A cat eyes the proceedings hungrily and makes his way in through an open transom, causing panic and an organized counterattack. The cat then becomes trapped in the cage as the birds throw the cat out and his cage lands on a flag pole in the middle of the city dog pound.

Voice cast

Reception

Motion Picture Herald called the film "very good".[3]

Home media

The short was released on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J. B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Disney Editions. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
  2. ^ Kaufman, J.B. (January 20, 2020). "Origins of the Duck". Cartoon Research. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "Rita C. McGoldrick's Selections". Motion Picture Herald. 106 (10): 48. March 5, 1932. Retrieved March 3, 2024.

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