The Tortoise and the Hare

Name: The Tortoise and the Hare
Director: Wilfred Jackson
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1935
Duration: 9 min
Cast: Eddie Holden, Ned Norton, Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner, Dorothy Compton

1935 Animation Family 9 minutes Directed by Wilfred Jackson

About The Tortoise and the Hare

Walt Disney's Silly Symphony follows Aesop's fable. The hare races the tortoise, wastes the lead, and loses. Wilfred Jackson directed. United Artists released it on January 5, 1935. It won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons for 1934.

Cast & crew

More about The Tortoise and the Hare

Walt Disney produced it. Larry Clemmons is the writer on Wikidata. Frank Churchill wrote the music. Running time 9 minutes. Wikidata's company name is The Walt Disney Company, the later corporate name. The short is in the Silly Symphonies series.

Themes

A race the hare throws away
Aesop in a Silly Symphony
tortoise
hare
Silly Symphony
Aesop
Oscar

Music

Frank Churchill composed the music.

Notes

Wikipedia says the cartoon is believed to be one of the inspirations for Bugs Bunny, who first appeared in 1940.
Wikidata lists both an Academy Award and a nomination for the same cartoon prize. The published result is the win.

Awards

Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons (1934)

Scenes

The hare stops during the race and the tortoise finishes first.

Influenced by

Aesop's fable The Tortoise and the Hare