Father Noah's Ark is a Walt Disney Silly Symphonies animated film. It is based on the story of Noah's Ark. The short's musical score is an adaptation of the first dance in Ludwig van Beethoven's 12 Contredanses.[1] The cartoon was released on April 8, 1933.[2]
| Father Noah's Ark | |
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| Directed by | Wilfred Jackson |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Allan Watson J. Delos Jewkes Lucille La Verne Walt Disney The Rhythmettes |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Animation by | Chuck Couch Paul Fennell Harry Reeves |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editThe short begins with the building of the Ark. Father Noah makes the plans of the ark and gives commands to its construction. His sons, Ham, Shem and Japheth "build the ark from dawn to dark and make a lot of noise" with some help from the animals, while their wives load up food supplies to see them through the flood and Noah's wife is washing clothes.
Eventually, the storm rolls in and the animals are summoned, two-by-two, to the ark, purposely leaving two skunks behind. The ark is soon buffeted around by the storm and the ark's occupants praise to the Lord. At one point, Noah gets rainwater leaking through the ceiling in his mouth and has to open a porthole to spit it out, whereupon he is chased by a stray lightning bolt, which he lets out through another porthole.
40 days later, the storm recedes and a dove, carrying an olive branch, flies back to Noah and his family to signify that land has been found. They lower the gangway and the animals and their offspring all come back out onto dry land (the ark, in this case, resting atop a tree).
Reception
editThe Pomp and Circumstance segment of Fantasia 2000, also based on Noah's Ark, makes minor references to this short.
Home media
editThe short was released on December 4, 2001, on Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies - The Historic Musical Animated Classics[3][1] and on the UK VHS of Dumbo as a bonus feature.
Voice cast
edit- Noah: Allan Watson
- Noah's Sons' Wives: The Rhythmettes
- Noah's Wife: Lucille La Verne
- "Who built the ark?": Jesse Delos Jewkes[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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. 124–125. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 135–136. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ "Silly Symphonies: The Historic Musical Animated Classics DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ Scott, Keith (October 3, 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. p. 509.
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