Farmyard Symphony

October. 14,1938      NR
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The farm comes to life, to various classical tunes. The high point is a rooster serenading a chicken, with all the animals joining in. But then comes the sound that's even more welcome to the animals: the farmer and his wife with food (the only actual words spoken).

Billy Bletcher as  Bull (voice) (uncredited)
Clarence Nash as  Ducks / Geese / Chicks (voice) (uncredited)

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Reviews

Cubussoli
1938/10/14

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Console
1938/10/15

best movie i've ever seen.

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Bumpy Chip
1938/10/16

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Scarlet
1938/10/17

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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OllieSuave-007
1938/10/18

This is a nice little cartoon featuring a bunch of farm animals going out their daily routines, to the sounds of classical music. Cleverly done with some humorous moments and some recognizable voices, including Clarence Nash's Donald Duck voice heard in the group of ducks.Grade A-

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Julia Arsenault (ja_kitty_71)
1938/10/19

This is a wonderful cartoon of a farm that comes to life with popular classical tunes and the old Scottish folk song "The Campbells are Coming" for the scene with the marching geese. I love the baby animal in the cartoon, they are so cute! I love it when the little colt and calf sniff each other from both sides of the fence - animals do that to get to know each other. I also love the part where the rooster tries to woo a pretty hen and ends up chasing her; I love the "Hiya Toots".So overall, this cartoon is an excellent animal opera with the vocal talents of Florence Gill, Clarence "Ducky" Nash and Billy Bletcher as the old bull.

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TheLittleSongbird
1938/10/20

Farmyard Symphony, what can I say? Practically perfect in every way. Of course it is rather short on plot, but it has enough charm and fun to wholly compensate. The animation is colourful and fluid, no stiff movements or colour changes as far as I can see. The characters were wonderful, from the adorable piglets to the absolutely hilarious chickens, they alone contributed to the charm of this silly symphony. The best part? Has to be the music, a superb collage of classical music favourites such as the Pastoral Symphony, William Tell, The Barber of Seville, Tannhauser and Hungarian Rhapsody Number 2.This silly symphony is a very funny and wholly engaging one, and is up there with my favourites. 10/10 Bethany Cox

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Ron Oliver
1938/10/21

A Walt Disney SILLY SYMPHONY Cartoon Short.The FARMYARD SYMPHONY signals the start of another day for the farm animals. Baby colts & calves frolic & scamper, the rooster plights his noisy troth to a svelte hen, and a young pig searches for more food.Set to an amalgam of classic music, this cartoon is short on plot & long on charm. The animals are all well rendered; in fact, it's fascinating to compare this film to earlier entries in the Symphonies and see just how far the Disney animators had progressed in depicting lifelike farm fauna. It sounds like Clarence Nash & Florence Gill are vocalizing for the ducks & chickens.The SILLY SYMPHONIES, which Walt Disney produced for a ten year period beginning in 1929, are among the most interesting of series in the field of animation. Unlike the Mickey Mouse cartoons in which action was paramount, with the Symphonies the action was made to fit the music. There was little plot in the early Symphonies, which featured lively inanimate objects and anthropomorphic plants & animals, all moving frantically to the soundtrack. Gradually, however, the Symphonies became the school where Walt's animators learned to work with color and began to experiment with plot, characterization & photographic special effects. The pages of Fable & Fairy Tale, Myth & Mother Goose were all mined to provide story lines and even Hollywood's musicals & celebrities were effectively spoofed. It was from this rich soil that Disney's feature-length animation was to spring. In 1939, with SNOW WHITE successfully behind him and PINOCCHIO & FANTASIA on the near horizon, Walt phased out the SILLY SYMPHONIES; they had run their course & served their purpose.

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