THE MERRY DWARFS (1929) | Animation, Comedy | Short | Free Movie

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The Merry Dwarfs is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It was released in 1929. The short's copyright was renewed in 1957, and as a published work from 1929 it entered the US public domain on January 1, 2025.

Synopsis:

The residents of a dwarf village dance as they go about their business (sweeping the floor, etc.). Several dwarves make music. Some of them played the (shoe-covered) feet of arthropods (a centipede, a grasshopper) with hammers, while others played instruments such as saxophones or drums. Several groups of dwarves even dance with barrels (over which they jump) and beer glasses. The dancing continues once they have drunk their glasses of beer. The short film ends when a duo of dwarves, dancing on a flower, fall into a barrel of beer located under the flower. The dwarves come out of the barrel drunk and continue dancing in that state.

Music used in the film includes the Anvil Chorus from Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera Il trovatore.

Cast & Crew:

Directed by: Walt Disney
Produced by: Walt Disney
Music by: Carl W. Stalling
Animation by:
Ub Iwerks
Wilfred Jackson
Les Clark
Johnny Cannon
Jack Cutting
Backgrounds by: Carlos Manriquez
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: December 19, 1929
Running Time: 5 minutes, 57 seconds
Country: United States
Language: English