Review of Winter

Winter (1930)
7/10
Yet more animals dancing and frolicking about, this time in the snow and ice
28 September 2014
Warning: Spoilers
This is a short in the Silly Symphonies series produced by Disney. There will be spoilers ahead:

This short is largely various types of animals yipping, dancing and frolicking in winter weather. Some dance in the snow, some dance on ice while skating, some bears try (with little success) to sleep, which is what the others should probably be doing on a snowy winter night.

This starts with birds, of all things, singing in a snowstorm. The "branches" upon which they sit become antlers, as a deer shakes off snow and goes ice skating. One deer becomes a trio as two others link hooves and skate in unison.

Various other critters dance, ice skate and bounce about, notably a playful bear cub horsing around a large sleeping beer which awakes eventually and is not happy! The payoff here, in a sense, is the groundhog coming out to discover if it sees its shadow. The ending is very good, so I won't spoil it here.

This short is available on the Disney Treasures More Silly Symphonies DVD set and it and the set are worth finding.
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