All's Well

1941 AnimationComedy 7 minutes Directed by Dave Fleischer

About All's Well

Gabby, voiced by Pinto Colvig, sets out to put everybody right. He finds a baby who will not be calmed and tries to change the diaper. The baby stays fussy. Gabby does not get the situation under control.

Cast & crew

More about All's Well

Dave Fleischer directed this Gabby short for Paramount. Bob Wickersham wrote the story. Dave Tendlar and Bill Nolan animated. Max Fleischer produced. Sammy Timberg arranged the music. Paramount released it in the United States on January 17, 1941, in Technicolor. The Internet Animation Database times the print at 6 minutes 55 seconds and lists production number C-10-4.

Themes

  • Gabby interfering in order to help
  • A baby who will not settle
  • A diaper change that does not fix anything
  • Gabby
  • baby
  • diaper
  • Fleischer
  • Technicolor

Background

One of the Gabby shorts Fleischer was still delivering to Paramount in January 1941, before the studio changed hands later that year.

Music

Sammy Timberg arranged the score. The song "All's Well" is by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger.

Preservation

A print circulates, including the file on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • The title song "All's Well" is by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger.
  • The MPAA certificate number on the IAD sheet is 2857.
  • It is a Fleischer cartoon released by Paramount. The IAD credit is Fleischer Studio, not Famous Studios and not Warner Bros.

Scenes

  • Gabby tries to change the diaper of a baby who keeps fussing.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Gabby All's Well (1941) by Dave and Max Fleischer, Dailymotion.webm)