The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves
Director: Wilfred Jackson
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Pinto Colvig as Grasshopper (voice) |
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Dorothy Compton as Ant Queen (voice) |
| Visual Effects | Ed Smith | Animation |
| Writing | William Cottrell | Writer |
| Directing | Wilfred Jackson | Director |
| Visual Effects | Bill Roberts | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Albert Hurter | Animation Production Assistant |
| Directing | Hugh Hennesy | Layout |
| Visual Effects | Dick Lundy | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Art Babbitt | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hamilton Luske | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Les Clark | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Dick Huemer | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Cy Young | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Thomas McKimson | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Leonard Sebring | Animation |
| Production | Walt Disney | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Ben Sharpsteen | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Frenchy de Trémaudan | Animation |
| Writing | Joe Grant | Writer |
| Writing | Pinto Colvig | Writer |
| Sound | Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Aesop | Original Story |
