Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
Filed under: Animation, 1930s, Color, Early Sound, Painted Animation, Technicolor, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios,
Ferdinand the Bull
Directed by:Dick Rickard
Ford Beebe
Producers: Animated by:Jack Campbell
Bernard Garbutt
Stan Quackenbush
Robert Stokes
Music by:Albert Hay Malotte
Layouts by:Thor Putnam
Studio: Release date:25/11/1938
Running time:8 min
Color process:Technicolor
Synopsis
Ferdinand is a quiet, peaceful young bull who only wants to stop and smell the flowers. But, when he is stung by a bee, the townspeople believe he is ferocious and take him to the bullfight ring.
Reception:
This short won the Academy for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) in 1939.
References:
IMDb. “Ferdinand the Bull”. IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030128/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1.