Pastry Town Wedding
About Pastry Town Wedding
In Pastry Town a chef lines up his small bakers and a squad of animal crackers to turn out rolls, cakes, and one wedding cake. A bride and a groom are the reason for the rush. The cake is built wide and high, and the little cooks run the ceremony that marries the couple.
Cast & crew
More about Pastry Town Wedding
Amadee J. Van Beuren produced the short, and RKO released it on 27 July 1934. Burt Gillett and Ted Eshbaugh directed. It is the first Rainbow Parade and the first of those cartoons in two-strip Cinecolor. Production number VB-3416. Copyright entry M5099 is dated 12 November 1934.
Themes
Making
Gillett had been directing Silly Symphonies at Disney, including Three Little Pigs, before he moved to Van Beuren to start this color series. Eshbaugh shared the direction on the opening cartoon.
Technique
Van Beuren shot it in two-strip Cinecolor. Disney still held the cartoon exclusive on three-strip Technicolor, so this Rainbow Parade uses the two-color process instead.
Music
Winston Sharples composed the score. The track is RCA Victor High Fidelity mono.
Preservation
Both a 35mm Cushman's Sons reissue and a 16mm Cinecolor print survive. Thunderbean Animation used the pair to restore the original cut on Rainbow Parades, Volume 1.
Notes
- Winston Sharples wrote the music, recorded on the RCA Victor High Fidelity system.
- A later Cushman's Sons bakery reissue added new title cards and an extra scene advertising the shop.
- Steve Stanchfield's Thunderbean restoration put the original edit back together from a 35mm Cushman print and a 16mm Cinecolor print.
- The Internet Animation Database times the short at about 7 minutes 40 seconds.
Scenes
- Animal crackers join the bakers as the wedding cake goes up.
- The little pastry cooks conduct the ceremony for the bride and groom.
Influenced by
- Disney Silly Symphonies
Also available
- Rainbow Parades, Volume 1 (Thunderbean Animation Blu-ray)
- Wikimedia Commons (Pastry Town Wedding (1934).webm)
