Mother Goose Melodies

Mother Goose Melodies is a 1931 Silly Symphonies animated film, directed by Burt Gillett.[1] Two years later it was semi remade in Technicolor as Old King Cole.[1]

Mother Goose Melodies
Directed byBurt Gillett
Produced byWalt Disney
Animation byJohnny Cannon
Les Clark
David Hand
Jack King
Dick Lundy
Tom Palmer
Ben Sharpsteen
Rudy Zamora
Backgrounds byCarlos Manríquez
Emil Flohri
Color processBlack and White
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
April 17, 1931
Running time
8 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Old King Cole summons various Mother Goose characters for his entertainment; including the Three Blind Mice as his "fiddlers three", Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill (who meet Simple Simon atop the hill), Humpty Dumpty (whom Mother Goose's goose knocks off of his wall), Jack Horner (his Christmas pie also containing the four and twenty blackbirds), Bo Peep (Boy Blue brings the sheep home, one of which falls in mud to become Baa Baa Black Sheep) and the Cat, Cow and Little Dog.

Voice cast

Reception

Motion Picture Herald (May 9, 1931): "Great: Walt Disney has done a most unusual piece of work in this Silly Symphony number. There is indicated a great step forward technically, in animation and synchronization, in addition to excellent subject material, clever animated ideas, and rapidity of action. There is almost the illusion of real life in some of the figures, so fine is the animation. Many well known Mother Goose rhymes are included with the stories neatly running together. Old King Cole is featured, and Little Jack Horner is present as well. The youngsters will devour this and ask for more, and the elderly children will enjoy it hugely. By all means do not miss it. It is great."[2]

The Film Daily (Sept 13, 1931): "Great: Walt Disney and his assistants have turned out a synchronized cartoon comedy that will be hard to beat. It has all the Mother Goose rhymes worked into the story and the transposition from one to the other is accomplished by turning the pages of a huge story book. Drawings on the pages come to life and perform real laugh-making antics. Gags are new and plentiful. This one will make audiences laugh plenty."[3]

Home media

The short was released on the 2001 Walt Disney Treasures DVD box set Silly Symphonies.[1]

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References
  1. 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. 88–89. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
  2. "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald: 44. May 9, 1931. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. "Sound Shorts". The Film Daily: 11. September 13, 1931. Retrieved 23 February 2020.


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