Lullaby Land (film)

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Lullaby Land
Directed by Wilfred Jackson
Produced by Walt Disney
Music by Frank Churchill
Leigh Harline
Animation by Dick Huemer
Leonard Sebring
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • August 19, 1933 (1933-08-19)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Lullaby Land is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film released in 1933. [1] The quilt from Lullaby Land inspired the garden section of the Storybook Land Canal Boats ride at Disneyland California. [2]

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Plot

A sleepy infant finds himself transported from his cradle to the "Lullaby Land of Nowhere", a dreamland where pacifiers grow on trees; diapers, bottles, and potty chairs march on parade; and the baby's stuffed gingham dog comes to life. He wanders into the "forbidden garden", containing such things as scissors, knives, and fountain pens that the baby "mustn't touch". He callously smashes watches with hammers and plays with giant matches. The burning matches chase after him. The baby and his dog escape across a pond, using a huge bar of soap as a raft, but the smoke from the matches turns into boogeymen, who chase him before vanishing. The benevolent Sandman, dressed as a wizard, spots the baby hiding and works his magic, sending him to sleep in his own cradle at home.

Voice cast

Home media

The short was released on December 4, 2001, on Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies - The Historic Musical Animated Classics . [3] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 132–133. ISBN   978-1-4847-5132-9.
  2. ↑ "Storybook Land Canal Boats". Disney . Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  3. ↑ "Silly Symphonies: The Historic Musical Animated Classics DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.


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