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The Bear's Tale

The Bear's Tale

1940Short⏱️ 9mApproved
AnimationFamilyShortComedy
6.9
IMDB Rating
538 votes

The bears go out for a bicycle ride while their porridge cools. Goldilocks comes along, but stops at grandmother's house instead, where the wolf is waiting. He sends her away, then realized she'd do just fine, so he rushes over to...

Director
Tex Avery
Writers
Ben Hardaway, Tex Avery
Stars
Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Mel Blanc
Release Date
April 13, 1940
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 8
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Tex Avery
Tex Avery
as Poppa Bear
Sara Berner
Sara Berner
as Mama Bear
Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc
as Wolf
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Robert C. Bruce
as Narrator
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Bernice Hansen
as Baby Bear

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Production
Leon Schlesinger Studios

🏷️ Keywords

bicyclebased on fairy talecartoon wolfgoldilocks and the three bears characterslittle red riding hood character

🎯 Categories

AnimationComedyFamilyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Subtle Humor & Fantastic Artwork
by ccthemovieman-12007-11-06
8/10

"The first thing that strikes one in this 9-minute 1940 cartoon is the beautiful artwork. The opening scene depicting a castle high on a hill, silhouetted by trees, is just magnificent. That's one thing about good animation around the time: the watercolor look of some of these - "Bambi," for instance - is something that was only done back then. By the end of World War II, this beautiful watercolor art, which also had a 3-D like affect to it, was gone from most animated shorts. On the somewhat negative side, Looney Tunes material was very subdued until around 1945 with very few &..."

💡 Did You Know?

Reader's Digest, mentioned by Poppa Bear, is still being published in 2023. The periodical is a mix of stories, articles, anecdotes, poetry and more.

📖 Synopsis

The bears go out for a bicycle ride while their porridge cools. Goldilocks comes along, but stops at grandmother's house instead, where the wolf is waiting. He sends her away, then realized she'd do just fine, so he rushes over to...