Tulips Shall Grow

Tulips Shall Grow
Directed byGeorge Pal (uncredited)
Story byCecil Beard
George Pal
Jack Miller (all uncredited)
Originated by:
George Pal
Produced byGeorge Pal
StarringRex Ingram
Victor Jory
CinematographyGeorge Pal
Music byEddison von Ottenfeld
Animation byChief animator:
Ray Harryhausen (uncredited)
Layouts byCharacter designer:
Wah Chang (uncredited)
Color processBlack and White (black-and-white edition by National Telefilm Associates)
Technicolor (original 3-strip Technicolor)
Production
company
George Pal Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • January 26, 1942 (1942-01-26)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tulips Shall Grow is a 1942 American animated short film in the Puppetoons series, directed by George Pal and starring Rex Ingram and Victor Jory.[1] It was released by Paramount Pictures[2] and originally photographed in 3-strip Technicolor. It later became the black-and-white edition by National Telefilm Associates.

Plot

A Dutch boy and girl's idyllic existence is destroyed when they are overrun by a group of Nazi-like mechanical men called "The Screwballs", who lay waste to everything they touch. The Screwballs are later destroyed by a thunderstorm (the rain of which causes them to rust) and the boy and girl's idyllic life resumes.[3]

Reception

The cartoon was nominated for the Oscar for Best Short Subject, Cartoons. In 1997, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4][5]

It was also included in the 1987 compilation film The Puppetoon Movie.[6]

References

  1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 85–86. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ "National Film Preservation Board" (PDF). www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  3. ^ Dig a hole and Tulips Shall Grow: Ray Harryhausen|San Diego Reader
  4. ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Tulips Shall Grow (Paramount Pictures)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).[dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  6. ^ "The Puppetoon Movie". Turner Classic Movies.