The Playful Polar Bears

The Playful Polar Bears
Directed byDave Fleischer
StarringJack Mercer (Papa Polar Bear-uncredited)
Mae Questel (Baby Polar Bear-uncredited)
Music bySammy Timberg (uncredited)
Animation byMyron Waldman
Graham Place
Lillian Friedman (uncredited)
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • October 28, 1938 (1938-10-28)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Playful Polar Bears is an animated short produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures on October 28, 1938. It is part of the Color Classics series.[1]

Summary

A polar bear father has to protect one of his children when a group of hunters puts their home in danger.

Reception

Motion Picture Exhibitor (Nov 15, 1938): "Here's a natural for the kids. The Fleischers put Myron Waldman to work turning out one of the best shorts they have made. Three polar bears (one is naturally the "black sheep") cavort in the snow, are chased by hunters. The "black sheep" fails to run to safety, is kayoed by a falliong icicle. Thinking him dead, an effective mourning chant follows. He comes to life, there's great celebration. Excellent".[2]

References

  1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 66–67. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ Sampson, Henry T. (1998). That's Enough, Folks: Black Images in Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960. Scarecrow Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-0810832503.


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