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The Song of the Birds

The Song of the Birds

1935Short⏱️ 7mNot Rated
AnimationShortMusical
⭐ 6.6
IMDB Rating
215 votes

A destructive little boy with an air rifle shoots a baby bird and is mortified when the bird's parents, and all the other birds, go into mourning.

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Dorothy Compton, Beatrice Hagen, Gertrude Lawrence
Release Date
February 27, 1935
Language
English
Country
United States
πŸ’¬ 4
Reviews
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

πŸ‘€
Dorothy Compton
as Vocalist
Beatrice Hagen
Beatrice Hagen
as Vocalist
Gertrude Lawrence
Gertrude Lawrence
as Kid
Ethelreda Leopold
Ethelreda Leopold
as Vocalist
πŸ‘€
Mary Moder
as Vocalist
Ruth Peterson
Ruth Peterson
as Vocalist
πŸ‘€
Purv Pullen
as Bird Whistles
Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson
as Bird Whistles

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Production
Fleischer Studios

🏷️ Keywords

child with a gunshooting a birdbird familychild uses a gunlittle boy

🎯 Categories

AnimationMusicalShort

⭐ Featured Review

Dark and poignant Fleischer
by TheLittleSongbird β€’ 2017-02-26
9/10

"While some may find their cartoons thin on plot, cloying and too sugary sweet, to me Fleischer were responsible for some brilliant cartoons, some of them still among my favourites. Their visual style was often stunning and some of the most imaginative and ahead of its time in animation. 'The Song of the Birds' is not quite one of their best, but it still has a lot of what makes Fleischer's cartoons work for me and many others in the first season. It was "re-made" in 1949 as a Little Audrey cartoon with the same title, that cartoon is one of the best and most different..."

πŸ“– Synopsis

A destructive little boy with an air rifle shoots a baby bird and is mortified when the bird's parents, and all the other birds, go into mourning.