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The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

1943 · 9 min

A brisk, playful puppet-animation curiosity that spins a simple absurd gag into a charmingly escalating royal tantrum.

Directed by: George Pal
Genres: Animation

Overview: Bartholomew Cubbins has SO MANY HATS. Every time he removes one in the presence of the King, it is replaced magically with another. This enrages the King, who brings him to trial, and to the ultimate sentence.

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Directed by: George Pal
Genres: Animation

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
class
identity
fate
Places: None
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	1
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: animation
Directed by: George Pal
Written by: Dr. Seuss
Runtime: 9 min
Country: United States of America

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