The Bird Store

The Bird Store
Title card
Directed byWilfred Jackson
Produced byWalt Disney
Music byFrank Churchill
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • January 16, 1932 (1932-01-16)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Bird Store is a 1932 animated short film directed by Wilfred Jackson. It was released on January 16, 1932. It is the 26th film of the Silly Symphonies series and the final film to be released by Columbia Pictures, as Disney switched distributors to United Artists. The cartoon marks the first recorded voice work of Clarence Nash (the original voice of Donald Duck) for Disney.

Plot

In a pet shop specializing in birds, various caged birds chirp along to the score in their various styles (including a set of birds that look like the Marx Brothers). A cat eyes the proceedings hungrily and makes his way in through an open transom, causing panic and an organized counterattack. The cat then becomes trapped in the cage; the birds throw him out and the cage lands on a flag pole in the middle of the city dog pound.

Voice cast

Reception

Motion Picture Herald called the film "very good".

Home media

The short was released on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J. B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Disney Editions. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
  2. ↑ Kaufman, J.B. (January 20, 2020). "Origins of the Duck". Cartoon Research. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rita C. McGoldrick's Selections". Motion Picture Herald. 106 (10): 48. March 5, 1932. Retrieved March 3, 2024.