Jump to content

The China Shop

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The China Shop
Directed byWilfred Jackson
Produced byWalt Disney
Music byLeigh Harline
Animation byArt Babbitt
Hamilton Luske
Ben Sharpsteen
Cy Young
Roy Williams
Jack Kinney
Louie Schmitt
Leonard Sebring
Dick Lundy
Frenchy de Tremaudan
Dick Heumer
Archie Robin
Fred Moore
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • January 13, 1934 (1934-01-13)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The China Shop, based on the fairy tale "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" by Hans Christian Andersen, is a short animated Disney cartoon, part of the Silly Symphonies series.[1] The cartoon was released on January 13, 1934.[2] The short was directed by Wilfred Jackson.

Plot

[edit]

It's closing time at "Ye Olde China Shop". The china pieces come to life to dance. A china demon kidnaps a female figurine, and the male figurine tries to rescue her. A fight ensues, with the china demon throwing dishes at the male figurine. The battle damages both an ostrich figurine and one of the monkey figurines. The demon is defeated as he is broken into pieces. The next morning when the owner arrives and sees the damage, he sells the china as antiques.

Home media

[edit]

The short was released on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two[1] in the "From the Vault" section. Prior to that, the featurette also appeared on the Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition: Silly Symphonies VHS in the 1980s.

Also, the short was included in the bonus on the 2010 Diamond edition blu-ray of Beauty and the beast.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b 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. 136–137. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 135–136. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  3. ^ https://dvdizzy.com/beautyandthebeastb.html
[edit]