The Reluctant Dragon (1941)

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Directed by (View all)

Jack Kinney

Ub Iwerks

Starring (View all)

Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley

Frances Gifford
Doris

Buddy Pepper
Humphrey

Nana Bryant
Mrs. Benchley

Claud Allister
Sir Giles

Barnett Parker
The Dragon

Billy Lee
The Boy

Florence Gill
Florence Gill / Clara Cluck

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Kenneth Grahame

Ted Sears
(screenplay)

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The Reluctant Dragon

7 years, 3 months ago at Jan 9 16:41

JxSxPx

Worth a watch less a complete film and more as a curio from the most fertile creative period in the Disney studio’s output. The Reluctant Dragon pretends to be an extended behind-the-scenes glimpse of how the Disney animation team makes one of their cartoons, but it’s a scrubbed clean and antiseptic look. This is not a real look into making an animated short or feature, but a scrubbed clean fa... read more

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Humorist Robert Benchley learns about the animation process at Walt Disney Studios while trying to find the great man himself to pitch him the idea of making a cartoon about a shy dragon. The film combines live action and animation.

Release date: 20 June 1941
UPC: 786936199161

Tags: Comedy (2), Animation (2), Animated (1), Family (1), Children's (1), American (1), HQ (1), 1941 (1), Disney Animation (1), 74 Minutes (1)

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The Reluctant Dragon

“Worth a watch less a complete film and more as a curio from the most fertile creative period in the Disney studio’s output. The Reluctant Dragon pretends to be an extended behind-the-scenes glimpse of how the Disney animation team makes one of their cartoons, but it’s a scrubbed clean and antiseptic look. This is not a real look into making an animated short or feature, but a scrubbed clean face of a studio in troubled times. Take for instance that many of the animators and staff that Robert Benchley meets during his wanderings in the studio are actors and day players. At the time, Disney was in the midst of an animator’s strike, and Uncle Walt was a contentious figure among the staff at this point. Dumbo, here glimpsed through a cameo appearance from Casey Jr. and a team of ani” read more