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Babes in the Woods

1932 · 8 min

A brisk, old-fashioned cartoon romp through a spooky forest, mixing playful charm with a genuinely eerie witch.

Tagline
Two children wander the forest and get lured into a witch's house.
Overview
Two Dutch children stumble on a clearing in the woods where gnomes are going about their business. The gnomes are friendly to the children. A witch comes and takes them away on her broom to her gingerbread house, where she turns nasty on them, turning the boy into a spider, her yowling cat to stone, and tries to turn the girl into a rat when a gnome's arrow stops her. While the gnomes are fighting the witch, Hansel and Gretl free the other children who have been imprisoned and transformed by the witch.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • survival
    • found family
    • freedom
    • betrayal
    Places
    • wilderness
    • fantasy world
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action5
    Horror4
    Humour4
    Realism2
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    animation
    Directed by
    Burt Gillett
    Starring
    Lucille La Verne, Pinto Colvig, Mary Moder, Purv Pullen, Toby Wing
    Runtime
    8 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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