The Old Mill Pond

The Old Mill Pond
Happy Harmonies series
Directed by Hugh Harman (uncredited)
Produced by Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Music by Scott Bradley (uncredited)
Baron Keyes (uncredited)
Studio Harman-Ising Productions
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)
  • March 7, 1936 (1936-03-07)
Color process Technicolor
Running time 8 minutes, 11 seconds
Language English

The Old Mill Pond is a 1936 American animated short film that was nominated at the 1936 Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film but lost to The Country Cousin.[1][2]

Summary

Fish and frogs gather at a pond. The performers are caricatures of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, 'Bill "Bojangles' Robinson', Louis Armstrong, Stepin Fetchit, Ethel Waters and The Mills Brothers.

References


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