Category: Family
All Genres: Family, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Release Year: 1939
Country: USA
Runtime: 76
Rating: 5.7 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Dave FleischerWillard BowskyOrestes CalpiniRoland CrandallWilliam HenningWinfield HoskinsThomas JohnsonFrank KellingSeymour KneitelRobert G. LeffingwellMyron NatwickTom Palmer
Sound: Mono
Taglines:The Amazing Characters in Jonathan Swifts Immortal Fantasy Come To Life ! Out of the Book...On to the Screen
Writing by: Dan Gordon - writer
Cal Howard - writer
Tedd Pierce - writer (as Ted Pierce)
Edmond Seward - screenplay
Edmond Seward - story adaptation
Izzy Sparber - writer (as I. Sparber)
Jonathan Swift - novel
Produced by: Max Fleischer - producer
Cast: Jessica Dragonette - Princess Glory (singing voice)
Lanny Ross - Prince David (singing voice)
Pinto Colvig - Gabby (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Mercer - King Little (voice) (uncredited)
Sam Parker - Gulliver (voice) (uncredited)
Music: Ralph Rainger
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival...
Plot: Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gullivers pistol.
Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The opening credits for the original British version of the series are only about 10 seconds long -- one of the shortest credit sequences in TV history (among shows with opening credits). The American version of the opening credits is some 3 times as long.
Goofs: We know about 6 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Errors in geography: The opening credits show the SMC Cartage Company situated on 2122 N Clark Street, with Clark Street ending at a T intersection about a block away. Clark Street is actually a through street running from south of the Loop to the northern city limits.
Trivia: There are 9 entries in the trivia list - like these:
All Genres: Family, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Release Year: 1939
Country: USA
Runtime: 76
Rating: 5.7 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Dave FleischerWillard BowskyOrestes CalpiniRoland CrandallWilliam HenningWinfield HoskinsThomas JohnsonFrank KellingSeymour KneitelRobert G. LeffingwellMyron NatwickTom Palmer
Sound: Mono
Taglines:
Writing by: Dan Gordon - writer
Cal Howard - writer
Tedd Pierce - writer (as Ted Pierce)
Edmond Seward - screenplay
Edmond Seward - story adaptation
Izzy Sparber - writer (as I. Sparber)
Jonathan Swift - novel
Produced by: Max Fleischer - producer
Cast: Jessica Dragonette - Princess Glory (singing voice)
Lanny Ross - Prince David (singing voice)
Pinto Colvig - Gabby (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Mercer - King Little (voice) (uncredited)
Sam Parker - Gulliver (voice) (uncredited)
Music: Ralph Rainger
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival...
Plot: Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gullivers pistol.
Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The opening credits for the original British version of the series are only about 10 seconds long -- one of the shortest credit sequences in TV history (among shows with opening credits). The American version of the opening credits is some 3 times as long.
Goofs: We know about 6 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Errors in geography: The opening credits show the SMC Cartage Company situated on 2122 N Clark Street, with Clark Street ending at a T intersection about a block away. Clark Street is actually a through street running from south of the Loop to the northern city limits.
Trivia: There are 9 entries in the trivia list - like these:
- An early plan was to have the role of Gulliver written for Popeye.
- The character of Gulliver was "rotoscoped" - a method devised by the Fleischers where the drawing was achieved by tracing over the movements of a live actor.
- The first American animated feature from a studio other than Disney.
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