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Old King Cole is a Disney cartoon in the Silly Symphonies series, based on several nursery rhymes and fairy tales, including "Old King Cole". It was directed by David Hand and released on July 29, 1933. [1] It's a semi-remake of the 1931 Silly Symphony short Mother Goose Melodies, but in color, with more details and technically advanced animation.
Cole". The Old King Cole theme appeared twice in two cartoons released in 1933; Walt Disney made a Silly Symphony cartoon, Old King Cole, where the character holds a huge party where various nursery rhyme characters are invited. Walter Lantz produced an Oswald cartoon the same year, The Merry Old Soul, which references the nursery rhyme.
Old King Cole summons various Mother Goose characters for his entertainment, including the Three Blind Mice as his "fiddlers three", Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill (who meet Simple Simon atop the hill), Humpty Dumpty (whom Mother Goose's goose knocks off of his wall), Jack Horner (his Christmas pie also containing the four and twenty blackbirds), Bo Peep (Boy Blue brings the sheep home, one of ...
Semi-remade into Old King Cole. The Ugly Duckling: 1931: The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen: From the Silly Symphony series. The only such short in the series to be remade in colour. Babes in the Woods: 1932: Title taken from the traditional English tale Babes in the Wood, though largely inspired by the Brothers Grimm's Hansel and Gretel
This is the version that's on home releases (the R2 release of "Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies" DVD includes the original animation with the altered dialogue. [citation needed]) 8:41 Three Little Pigs: 37 Old King Cole: July 29, 1933: David Hand: Frank Churchill Bert Lewis 7:28 Old King Cole: 38 Lullaby Land: August 19, 1933: Wilfred ...
Old King Cole is Hugh Herbert, his jester is Ned Sparks and his three fiddlers are The Marx Brothers. Joe Penner brings in a bowl containing special guest Donald Duck. Rub-a-dub-dub is portrayed with Charles Laughton, Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew. W. C. Fields plays Humpty Dumpty with special guest Charlie McCarthy.
“We look for artists who've had a cultural impact, and Nat 'King' Cole definitely did,” says Jimmy Edwards, president of Iconic Artists Group. ... Earl Hines as a 16-year-old kid and he was ...
Walt Disney (1990, 1991, 1992 Special Edition, 1993 and 1996 releases) ... Black Sheep", "Sing a Song of Sixpence", "Old King Cole" – 1:57 "Alphabet Song" – 1:26