The Old Mill

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Directed by

Wilfred Jackson

Starring

Marie Arbuckle
Singer

Jean MacMurray
Crickets

Louise Myers
Birds

Clarence Nash
Frogs

Marta Nielsen
Singer

Jerry Philipps
Singer

Barbara Whitson
Singer

Written by

Dick Rickard
story direction

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We see the various birds, mice and bats that have moved into an old windmill, followed by the frogs, crickets and fireflies making their music in an adjacent pond. Then a storm comes, shaking loose parts in the mill and threatening everything we've seen.

Release date: 5 November 1937

Tags: Short (9), Animation (8), 1930s (5), 1937 (4), Family (4), Musical (4), Usa (3), Storm (2), Windmill (2), Lightning (2), Thunder (2), Comedy (2), English (2), United Artists (1), Walt Disney (1), Animated Short (1), Silly Symphony (1), Mickey And Friends (1), LQ (1), Haaste (1)

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"DIR: Wilfred Jackson SUMMARY: A community of animals living in and around an old mill must weather a severe thunderstorm that almost destroys their home. WHY IT'S HERE: One of the very last Silly Symphonies, Disney's 'The Old Mill' is also one of the most beautiful pieces of animation of all time. By this stage, with their first full length feature in the pipeline, the studio had begun primarily using the Silly Symphonies as a testing ground for animation techniques. Far from harming the ser"