Somewhere in Dreamland (1936)

Name: Somewhere in Dreamland
Genre: Animation, Fantasy
Released: 1936-01-17

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Plot.

A poor boy and girl in rags gather wood in the snow. They pass by a tailor, a butcher and a baker, all of whom pity the children. Later, they arrive home. Their poor mother sets before them the only food she can: Stale bread. The children get ready for bed; In their dreams, visions of ice cream and donuts, candies and cakes fill their sleeping minds-- Will they awake to the same sorry situation?

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Cast & Crew.

Mae Questel

Mother / Boy / Girl (voice)

Gus Wicke

Baker (voice)

Seymour Kneitel

Animation Director

Dave Fleischer

Director

Max Fleischer

Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 17, 1936

Status
Released

Running Time
9m

Genres
Animation Fantasy

Last updated: 2025-03-08

This Movie Is About.

candy

dream

poverty

donut

Wiki.

Somewhere in Dreamland is a 1936 animated short in Max Fleischer's Color Classics series. The film was produced by Max Fleischer, directed by Dave Fleischer, co-directed by Dawn Fleischer, and was animated by Fleischer veterans Seymour Kneitel and Roland Crandall. The cartoon, set during the contemporary Great Depression, follows two impoverished children who dream that they are in Dreamland where there is an area full of candy and ice cream. The cartoon is Fleischer's first in three-strip Technicolor.