Holiday Land

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Movie
Original title Holiday Land
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1934
length 10 mins
Rod
Director Sid Marcus
script Sid Marcus
production Charles Mintz
for Screen Gems
music Joe DeNat

Holiday Land is an American animated short film from the year 1934 .

action

Scrappy is woken up by his mother because he has to go to school. However, he falls asleep again and wishes that every day was a holiday . The Lord of Time, Father Time, appears and takes Scrappy with him to a country where every day is a holiday.

Scrappy encounters the most varied of holiday characters: Santa Claus , the Halloween witch , the Easter bunny , hens laying Easter eggs and groups of pumpkins following a witch. Scrappy is led to a table laden with food for Thanksgiving, with all the other holiday characters partying and singing. Just as Father Time is toasting Scrappy, his mother wakes him up. It was just a dream. Because Scrappy overslept, he has to hurry up to get to school on time.

production

Holiday Land was released on November 9, 1934 as part of the Color Rhapsodies animated film series .

Awards

Holiday Land was nominated for an Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film " in 1935 , but could not prevail against The Tortoise and the Hare .

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