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The Grasshopper and the Ants

1934 · 8 min

A cheerful, tuneful little fable that breezes by, gently sobering when winter bites before warming into a forgiving singalong.

Directed by: Wilfred Jackson
Genres: Animation, Family, Music
Starring: Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton

Tagline: A grasshopper learns a lesson about hard work.
Overview: As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

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Directed by: Wilfred Jackson
Genres: Animation, Family, Music
Starring: Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
survival
morality
music
redemption
Places: countryside
wilderness
Era: timeless
Audience: kids
Form: animated
musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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

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Genres: animation, family, music
Directed by: Wilfred Jackson
Written by: Pinto Colvig, William Cottrell, Joe Grant
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Music: Leigh Harline
Runtime: 8 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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