Gulliver’s Travels

22. GULLIVERÕS TRAVELS (1939-USA). COLOR. ANIMATED CARTOON FEATURE BASED ON THE CLASSIC FANTASY BY JONATHAN SWIFT. WITH THE VOICES Of JESSICA DRAGONETTE, LANNY ROSS. DIRECTED BY DAVE FLEISCHER, PRODUCED BY MAX FLEISCHER. MUSIC BY VICTOR YOUNG. DURING THE LATE 1930’S, FEATURE-LENGTH CARTOONS WERE A NOVELTY. HERE IS ONE Of THE VERY FIRST ANIMATED FEATURES: A DELIGHTFUL, TUNE-FILLED VERSION Of THE FAMOUS JONATHAN SWIFT STORY WHICH IS SURE TO CHARM YOUNGSTERS Of ALL AGES. THE SETTING IS THE LAND Of LILLIPUT, A COUNTRY WHOSE INHABITANTS ALL ARE PINT-SIZED. PRINCESS DORY, DAUGHTER Of KING LITTLE Of LILLIPUT, IS ABOUT TO WED PRINCE DAVID, SON Of BOMBO, KING Of BLEFUSCU. BECAUSE THE MONARCHS CANNOT AGREE UPON THE SONG TO BE PLAYED AT THE NUPTIALS, THE WEDDING IS ABOUT TO BE CALLED OfF AND WAR IS CERTAIN TO BE DECLARED. ENTER LEMUEL GULLIVER, A SEAMAN WHOSE SHIP IS WRECKED AND WHO HAS WASHED ASHORE ON A LILLIPUT BEACH. BY HUMAN STANDARDS GULLIVER IS NORMAL-SIZED, BUT TO LILLIPUTIANS HE’S ENORMOUS. HIGHLIGHTED IN THE FILM IS THE MANNER IN WHICH THE LILLLPUTIANS RESPOND TO THIS GENTLE GIANT, AND HIS IMPACT ON THE IMPENDING CONFLICT. THE STORY IS LOADED WITH COLORFUL, MEMORABLE CHARACTERS. IN ADDITION TO GULLIVER, THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS AND THE TWO KINGS, THERE IS TWINKLETOES, A CARRIER PIGEON; GABBY, A TOWN CRIER; AND SNEAK, SNOOP AND SNATCH, A TRIO Of SPIES. 77 MINUTES. CARTOON FEATURE