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The Old Mill

  • 19371937
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 9m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
4.3K
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Purv Pullen in The Old Mill (1937)
  • Animation
  • Short
  • Comedy
As a thunderstorm approaches, birds, mice and other creatures try to stay safe and dry in an old mill.As a thunderstorm approaches, birds, mice and other creatures try to stay safe and dry in an old mill.As a thunderstorm approaches, birds, mice and other creatures try to stay safe and dry in an old mill.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
4.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Wilfred Jackson(uncredited)
  • Writer
    • Dick Rickard(story direction)
  • Stars
    • Marie Arbuckle(voice)
    • Quito DeClarence(uncredited)
    • Jean MacMurray(voice)
Top credits
  • Director
    • Wilfred Jackson(uncredited)
  • Writer
    • Dick Rickard(story direction)
  • Stars
    • Marie Arbuckle(voice)
    • Quito DeClarence(uncredited)
    • Jean MacMurray(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 31User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins total

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    Top cast

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    Marie Arbuckle
    • Singeras Singer
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Quito DeClarence
    • Bat Squeakas Bat Squeak
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Jean MacMurray
    • Cricketsas Crickets
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Louise Myers
    • Birdsas Birds
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Clarence Nash
    • Frogsas Frogs
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Marta Nielsen
    • Singeras Singer
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Jerry Philipps
    • Singeras Singer
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Barbara Whitson
    • Singeras Singer
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Wilfred Jackson(uncredited)
    • Writer
      • Dick Rickard(story direction) (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    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 the mill and threatening everything we've seen. —Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
    • windmill
    • multiplane camera
    • no dialogue
    • abandoned mill
    • silly symphony
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    • Taglines
      • Animals try to stay safe and dry in an old mill.
    • Genres
      • Animation
      • Short
      • Comedy
      • Family
      • Musical
    • Certificate
      • Approved
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This film introduced Disney's technical innovation, the multiplane camera.
    • Goofs
      The reflection for the ducks is supposed to be down center of screen, like the windmill's reflection. Therefore, the ducks reflection is not missing, but off the screen, down and center.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Magical World of Disney: The Story of the Silly Symphony (1955)
    • Soundtracks
      One Day When We Were Young
      by Johann Strauss

      Played by orchestra and hummed by chorus in several places throughout the cartoon

    User reviews31

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Powerful 8 minutes of music and quality animation
    'The Old Mill' was a short Disney film (about 8 minutes long) that the animators created to aid them in the production of 'Bambi'. I saw this on the Disney channel when I was younger, and the animation is so powerful that it stuck with me. Now, I've watched it again as a clip provided on the 'Bambi' DVD. The clip features several creatures that live in and around an old mill, and there is a storm. All of the events taking place are done to powerful music from the singing of the frogs to the storm, and there are no speaking parts. It's purely nature and Disney animation at its best. Hopefully, a greater appreciation for nature can be learned through this film as I think it is something taken for granted by most today. And it is amazing that an animation can be so powerful through minimalisation and sound. It's much better quality than some of the computer-animated clutter. Wonderful.
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    • rebeljenn
    • Jan 1, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 5, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Старий млин
    • Production company
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      9 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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