Merbabies
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| Music by | Scott Bradley |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 8:34 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Merbabies is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released on December 9, 1938.[2] It is a collaboration between Walt Disney and Harman and Ising, the latter studio having 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.
Plot
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A large number of identical redheaded "merbabies" materialize out of the crashing surf and are summoned to a playground on the ocean floor for an underwater circus in which marine creatures such as seahorses and starfish also take part, beginning with a parade. When a whale blows all the merbabies to the surface inside bubbles, they disappear into the waves from which they came.[3]
Home media
[edit | edit source]The short was released on the DVD of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and again on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two.[2] It was released to Disney+ on September 8, 2023, with a 4K restoration.[4]
References
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External links
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- 1938 films
- 1930s fantasy comedy films
- 1938 musical comedy films
- 1930s Disney animated short films
- Silly Symphonies
- Animated films without speech
- American animated musical films
- Animated films about mermaids
- Films directed by Rudolf Ising
- Films scored by Scott Bradley
- American musical comedy films
- 1930s American films
- 1938 animated short films
- American musical short films
- Disney animated film stubs