To Spring
About To Spring
Under the melting snow, small gnome-like workers mine colored crystals and grind them into the liquids of the rainbow. The colors are meant to bring spring up to the surface. A freezing wind blows back the work and the crew has to push harder. They get the colors through, and spring arrives.
Cast & crew
More about To Spring
William Hanna and Paul Fennell directed, both uncredited. It is the 24th Happy Harmonies short and the only one in that series not directed by Hugh Harman or Rudolf Ising. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released it on June 4, 1936, in Technicolor.
Themes
Making
Harman and Ising handed this short to two of their animators instead of directing it themselves.
Look
The short was made in Technicolor.
Technique
Three-strip Technicolor is used for the crystal liquids and the change from snow to spring.
Music
Scott Bradley composed the score.
Preservation
The short is in the public domain in the United States. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The direction was Hanna's and Fennell's first.
- J. Donald Wilson and Delos Jewkes are the credited voices.
- It is one of three MGM cartoons in the public domain, and the only public-domain Happy Harmonies short.
- Harman and Ising produced it for MGM after leaving Warner Bros.
Scenes
- The crew mines colored crystals and cooks them into liquids.
- A snow wind stalls the pipes.
- Color breaks the surface and the ground turns to spring.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (To Spring (1936).webm)