May 15, 1936
Release Date

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The Cobweb Hotel (1936)

Name: The Cobweb Hotel
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Released: 1936-05-15

Running Time

May 15, 1936
Release Date

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Plot.

A spider runs a hotel for flies where he keeps his guests captive. A pair of fly newlyweds arrive and check in. Fortunately, the husband is "flyweight champion". After a pitched battle featuring arrows (fountain pen nibs) and a machine-gun (aspirins shot from a perfume atomizer), the spider winds up in a bottle of library paste.

Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Jack Mercer

Spider (voice) (uncredited)

Mae Questel

Flies (voice)

Dave Fleischer

Director

Bill Turner

Writer

Dave Tendlar

Animation

William Sturm

Animation

Sammy Timberg

Music

Bob Rothberg

Music

Max Fleischer

Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
May 15, 1936

Status
Released

Running Time
8m

Genres
Animation Comedy Horror

Last updated: 2025-04-12

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

The Cobweb Hotel is a 1936 American short film directed by Dave Fleischer and Max Fleischer and is one of the short films that belongs to the Color Classics film series. Animated by David Tendlar and William Sturm, the setting is said to be one of the Fleischer's desks, which the spider used to open the hoax hotel.