Autumn (1930 film)

Autumn is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released on February 13, 1930, by Columbia Pictures.^[1] It was the final Disney cartoon that Ub Iwerks animated.^[2]

Autumn
Directed by	Ub Iwerks
Produced by	Walt Disney
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Ub Iwerks Wilfred Jackson Les Clark Johnny Cannon David Hand Ben Sharpsteen Jack King Burt Gillett Ham Luske
Backgrounds by	Carlos Manriquez
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 13, 1930 (1930-02-13)
Running time	6:24
Country	United States
Language	English

Summary

The short film begins by introducing the audience to various animals searching for food and ends by showing those animals taking shelter from the snow: the squirrels keep the nuts and corn cones in a tree, while playing with them. Crows steal them. A hedgehog gets apples from a tree. Several beavers build a dam and dance on the banks of the river. Ducks swim in the river but leave it and fly away. Beaver, skunk, crows and the hedgehog take shelter when snow falls in the forest.

Reception

Motion Picture News (August 2, 1930): "Well done, but constructed along the same lines as most cartoons, the majority of which depend on fantastic stepping by the animal characters to put it over. The musical renditions are splendid".^[3]

Home media

The short was released on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two.^[1]

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. 68–69. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
2. Ryan, Jeff (2018). A Mouse Divided: How Ub Iwerks Became Forgotten, and Walt Disney Became Uncle Walt. Post Hill Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-68261-628-4.
3. "Short Subjects". Motion Picture News. August 2, 1930. Retrieved February 23, 2020.

External links

• Autumn at IMDb