Broken Toys (1935 film)

Broken Toys
Broken Toys
Directed by	Ben Sharpsteen
Story by	Pinto Colvig; Otto Englander; Larry Morer;
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Tommy Bupp; Leone LeDoux; Martha Wentworth; Leo Cleary; The Rhythmettes; Scott Whitaker; Frank Nelson; Ted Osborne; Cliff Clark; Shirley Reed; Mandy Peters; Bud Duncan;
Music by	Albert Hay Malotte
Animation by	Dick Huemer; Art Babbitt; Bill Tytla; John McManus; Leonard Sebring; Johnny Cannon; Bob Wickersham; Wolfgang Reitherman; Marvin Woodward; George Drake; James Algar; Grim Natwick; Cy Young;
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	December 14, 1935;
Country	United States
Language	English

Broken Toys is an 8-minute 1935 animation by Disney in the Silly Symphonies series. The toys in the story include caricatures of W.C. Fields, Zasu Pitts, Ned Sparks and Stepin Fetchit.^[2] Broken Toys was originally scheduled to follow Elmer Elephant and Three Little Wolves but was moved ahead of these titles in order to have it ready for a Christmas release.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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In the pile of overused and broken toys, a discarded sailor doll gives the other toys, including an Aunt Jemima and Stepin Fetchit doll, a plan on how they can be repaired and bring happiness to others during Christmas.

Boy doll: Tommy Bupp
Girl doll: Leone LeDoux
W.C. Fields: Scott Whitaker
ZaSu Pitts, Mae West: Martha Wentworth
Cop: Bud Duncan
Misc. voices: The Rhythmettes, Leo Cleary, Frank Nelson, Ted Osborne, Cliff Clark, Shirley Reed, Mandy Peters^[6]

The short was released on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two^[7] in the "From the Vault" section.

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[1]
"Disney's "Broken Toys" (1935) -". cartoonresearch.com. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
[2]
Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 34. ISBN 9781476672939.
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Russell Merritt, J. B. Kaufman, Cineteca del Friuli - Walt Disney's Silly symphonies: a companion to the Classic cartoon ... 2006 8886155271 "Broken Dolls": As the original production number indicates, Broken Toys was intended to follow Elmer Elephant (US 33) and Three Little Wolves, but in September 1935 it was moved ahead of the other titles in the production schedule in order to have it ready for a Christmas release. The plot resembles that of A Great Big Bunch of You (Warner Bros., 1933), a Merrie Melodies short.
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Michael Barrier The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney 0520941667 2007: "In Broken Toys, whose animation was completed just a few weeks before Disney wrote his November 25 memo, the animators were cast very thoroughly by character, to the point that most scenes have only one character in them. A girl doll was wholly Natwick's, just as other characters belonged to Bill Tytla, Art Babbitt, and Dick Huemer. The doll was convincingly feminine in both drawing and animation.
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Karl F. Cohen Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators 1476607257 - 2013: An Internet-posted list of images cut from Disney films mentions that black dolls were cut from Broken Toys (1935), Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930), Night Before Christmas (1933), Santa's Workshop (1932), and Three Orphan Kittens (1935).
[6]
Scott, Keith (3 October 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. p. 520.
[7]
Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J.B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series. Disney Editions. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.

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[BrokenToys-1] [1]
"Disney's "Broken Toys" (1935) -". cartoonresearch.com. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

[2] [2]
Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 34. ISBN 9781476672939.

[3] [3]
Russell Merritt, J. B. Kaufman, Cineteca del Friuli - Walt Disney's Silly symphonies: a companion to the Classic cartoon ... 2006 8886155271 "Broken Dolls": As the original production number indicates, Broken Toys was intended to follow Elmer Elephant (US 33) and Three Little Wolves, but in September 1935 it was moved ahead of the other titles in the production schedule in order to have it ready for a Christmas release. The plot resembles that of A Great Big Bunch of You (Warner Bros., 1933), a Merrie Melodies short.

[4] [4]
Michael Barrier The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney 0520941667 2007: "In Broken Toys, whose animation was completed just a few weeks before Disney wrote his November 25 memo, the animators were cast very thoroughly by character, to the point that most scenes have only one character in them. A girl doll was wholly Natwick's, just as other characters belonged to Bill Tytla, Art Babbitt, and Dick Huemer. The doll was convincingly feminine in both drawing and animation.

[5] [5]
Karl F. Cohen Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators 1476607257 - 2013: An Internet-posted list of images cut from Disney films mentions that black dolls were cut from Broken Toys (1935), Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930), Night Before Christmas (1933), Santa's Workshop (1932), and Three Orphan Kittens (1935).

[CartoonVoices-6] [6]
Scott, Keith (3 October 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. p. 520.

[symphony1-7] [7]
Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J.B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series. Disney Editions. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.

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