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The Old Mill (1937)

APPROVED 9 min  -  Animation | Short | Comedy  -   5 November 1937 (USA)
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We see the various birds, mice, and bats that have moved into an old windmill, followed by the frogs... See full summary »

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Storyline

We see the various birds, mice, and bats that have moved into an old windmill, followed by the frogs, crickets, and fireflies making their music in an adjacent pond. Then a storm comes, shaking loose parts in mill and threatening everything we've seen. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>  

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Firefly | Windmill | Frog | Bat | Pond  | See more »

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Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Musical

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Az öreg malom See more »

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Walt Disney Productions See more »
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Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

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1.37 : 1
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Trivia

This film introduced Disney's technical innovation, the multiplane camera. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The cog where the bird has her nest normally has a shaft and raised hub. When the rope breaks and the cog starts to spin, the shaft and hub are gone. They reappear in the next shot, but the shaft-less cog is seen in some shots soon after. See more »

Connections

Featured in "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: The Story of the Silly Symphony (#2.6)" (1955) See more »

Soundtracks

"One Day When We Were Young"
by Johann Strauß
Played by orchestra and hummed by chorus in several places throughout the cartoon See more »