Wynken, Blynken and Nod (film)

Wynken, Blynken and Nod is a 1938 Silly Symphonies cartoon, adapted from Eugene Field's poem of the same name. Like other Symphonies at the time, it utilised the multiplane camera. It was directed by Graham Heid, produced by Walt Disney Productions, and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The three children bore similarities to Michael Darling in the 1953 Disney feature film, Peter Pan.[1]

Wynken, Blynken and Nod
Directed byGraham Heid
Produced byWalt Disney
Music byLeigh Harline
Layouts byZack Schwartz
Backgrounds byMique Nelson
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
May 27, 1938
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

The three sleepy children sail in their shoe-boat; they stall briefly on a cloud, then have various troubles with their fishing lines. Nod lands a fish-like star that ends up squirming in his pants. A star hooks Wynken and Nod's candy-cane baited lines together. The stars tease Nod while he's hanging overboard. A meteor comes through; they catch it in a net and it tows them wildly, until they land in another cloud, where they are tossed by storms, eventually breaking their mast and sending them back to earth (and their bed, where it becomes clear that they are really just one boy).

Reception

In The Disney Films, Leonard Maltin says, "Wynken, Blynken and Nod is as extravagant as any Disney feature; it set a standard that was probably too extravagant to maintain, with most effort being turned toward feature-film production in the late 1930s. After 1940 these unique cartoons petered out of the Disney production schedule."[2]

Voice cast

Home media

The short was released on the 2001 Walt Disney Treasures DVD box set Silly Symphonies.[1]

References
  1. 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. 196–197. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
  2. Maltin, Leonard (1984). The Disney Films (2nd ed.). Crown Publishers. p. 299. ISBN 0-517-55407-0. Retrieved 15 February 2020.


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