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30 July 1932 (USA)
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An evil tree stump, jealous of two trees in love, starts a forest fire. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Won Oscar.
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Short Film Of The Day: Disney’s ‘Flowers and Trees,’ The First Best Animated Short Oscar Winner
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 3 February 2012, 8:00 AM, PST)
Mouse House: Disney at the Academy Awards
(From FusedFilm. 28 February 2011, 11:16 AM, PST)
Shorts? Sweet!
(From GreenCine Daily. 5 March 2010, 8:35 PM, PST)
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 3 February 2012, 8:00 AM, PST)
Mouse House: Disney at the Academy Awards
(From FusedFilm. 28 February 2011, 11:16 AM, PST)
Shorts? Sweet!
(From GreenCine Daily. 5 March 2010, 8:35 PM, PST)
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Gotta love them mushrooms!
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Directed by | |||
| Burt Gillett | (uncredited) | ||
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| Walt Disney | .... | producer | |
Animation Department | |||
| Les Clark | .... | animator (uncredited) | |
| David Hand | .... | animator (uncredited) | |
| Tom Palmer | .... | animator (uncredited) | |
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- United Artists
- Walt Disney Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
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8 min
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Color (3-strip Technicolor)
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Premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater where it was run prior to the feature Strange Interlude (1932).See more »
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Featured in Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1987) (TV)See more »
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Der ErlkönigSee more »
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This is one of many so-called "Silly Symphonies" that Walt Disney Pictures made in the 30s and they were very, very popular. Given how much cartoons have changed, this film wouldn't play nearly as well today as it did then. Cartoons in the 30s tended to be rather schmaltzy and lacked the insane humor and pacing of classic cartoons of the 40s and 50s. Remember that at the time this film was made, Bugs Bunny, Tom & Jerry (the MGM ones--not the earlier series by the same name) and Tex Avery's shenanigans were still in the future. So, while audiences in later years might have been a bit put off by the style of film that FLOWERS AND TREES represent, in its time it was big...real big. Big enough to earn an Oscar as Best Animated Short.
The film consists of classical style music accompanying scenes of anthropomorphic (people-like) trees and flowers dancing, frolicking and eventually being attacked by the dreaded fire. As I said, most of it very sappy but I did like the adorable mushrooms (Disney seemed to have a knack for this--see FANTASIA for more great mushrooms). However, the artwork is tops for the time and it is diverting. It's also the first three-color Technicolor short to win the Oscar--but it's also very old fashioned and will probably bore many viewers.