ABSTRACT
The first triumph of character animation in the cinema: A partly humanized Mosquito plagues a sleeper. Still a masterpiece, animated by the brilliant Winsor McCay. The breakthrough in Disney color animation, this Silly Symphony won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The pigs all look equal, but they differ in character: Fiddler Pig and Fifer Pig, the care-free ones, and Practical Pig, the foresighted one. Norman Ferguson animated a brief sequence that shows Pluto's tussle with a piece of flypaper. The blueprint of Ghostbusters: Mickey, Donald, and Goofy make a good trio. The Technicolor short was animated by Isadore Klein, Ed Love, Milt Kahl, Marvin Woodward, Bob Wickersham, Clyde Geronimi, Dick Williams, Art Babbitt, and Rex Cox. The first big success of Disney character animation: the dwarfs and the witch. Honorary Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1939, recognized as a significant screen innovation, which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field.
