The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
February 10, 1934Release Date
The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
February 10, 1934Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Pinto Colvig
Grasshopper (voice) / Writer
Dorothy Compton
Ant Queen (voice)
Ed Smith
Animation
William Cottrell
Writer
Aesop
Writer
Wilfred Jackson
Director
Bill Roberts
Animation
Albert Hurter
Animation Production Assistant
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 10, 1934
StatusReleased
Running Time8m
Content RatingNR
Budget$22,120
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This Movie Is About.
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The Grasshopper and the Ants is a 1934 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. Part of the Silly Symphonies series, the film is an adaptation of The Ant and the Grasshopper, one of Aesop's Fables. It was directed by Wilfred Jackson and stars Pinto Colvig as the voice of the grasshopper Hop.
The film introduced the song "The World Owes Me a Living" (later "I Owe the World a Living") by Leigh Harline and Larry Morey, which later became associated with the character Goofy who was also voiced by Colvig. According to Leonard Maltin on the Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies DVD, this was an early example of the idea of having a character turn blue with cold, when full-spectrum Technicolor was still new at the time.
The cartoon is believed to be a commentary on the Great Depression and the New Deal, which at that time had just been introduced by the Roosevelt administration.