Holiday for Shoestrings
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Holiday for Shoestrings is a 1946 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The short was released on February 23, 1946.[2] The film is a spoof of the fairy tale "The Elves and the Shoemaker".[3]
Holiday for Shoestrings | |
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Directed by | Friz Freleng |
Written by | Tedd Pierce Michael Maltese |
Produced by | Edward Selzer |
Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
Animation by | Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross |
Color process | Technicolor |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7 min. |
Language | English |
The plot concerns a pack of elves who help a shoemaker, Jake. The cartoon is set to a number of classical music pieces, some of which are used as running gags, especially from "The Nutcracker Suite". The title is a play on the David Rose number "Holiday for Strings". However, that tune is not played in the score.
The cartoon is done largely in pantomime, with the occasional (unintelligible) bickering of elves, many of which look like miniature versions of Elmer Fudd with elf-like ears (anticipating a similar role played by Elmer 10 years later).