September 24, 1953
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The Unicorn in the Garden (1953)

Name: The Unicorn in the Garden
Genre: Animation, Fantasy
Released: 1953-09-24

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September 24, 1953
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Plot.

Based on James Thurber's short-story about a mild, henpecked man who, while preparing his breakfast, looks out the window and sees a unicorn eating flowers in the garden. He rushes upstairs to inform his domineering wife, and she accuses him of being crazy and threatens to have him put away. He persists that he did see a unicorn in the garden, and she phones for the authorities to come take him away. But when they arrive, with strait-jackets, they find the wife rambling and raving about seeing the unicorn, and promptly take her away.

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Cast & Crew.

William T. Hurtz

Director

John Brown

Narrator

James Thurber

Story

Stephen Bosustow

Producer

David Raksin

Composer

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Details.

Release Date
September 24, 1953

Status
Released

Running Time
7m

Genres
Animation Fantasy

Last updated: 2025-02-09

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Wiki.

The Unicorn in the Garden (also known as A Unicorn in the Garden) is a 1953 American United Productions of America (UPA) cartoon directed by William Hurtz. The cartoon is based on the 1939 short story with the same name by James Thurber. It was released on September 24, 1953.

In 1955, it was nominated for Best Animated Film at the British Academy Film Awards. In 1994, it was voted #48 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by a group of 1000 cartoon historians, animation professionals and film critics.