There was supposed to be a sequel to this in 1936 called "Snowbabies", but the idea was shelved until Disney revived it in 1938 and fixed it up and called the sequel Merbabies
Yep, that looks like the opening of Merbabies. I wonder why they used waterbabies? I read the Waterbabies when I was little & it's not like this . I know it's just based on it though with a disney touch.
Are you SURE this is 1955? His saying "twenty years ago" certainly suggests it, but the animation of Kingsley and his son looks like something they would have done in the early '60s, going by those designs.
That was all Disney's doing. Ten years earlier, they'd looked very primitive. Disney wanted to elevate the medium, and because of the environment he created, enormous strides were made in just a few short years. There's nothing unusual about the animation in that short---that was typical of what they'd achieved by then.
It's just that most television animation made now is so minimal compared to this decades-old stuff, that when people today see the old stuff, it's a bit of a surprise.
There was supposed to be a sequel to this in 1936 called "Snowbabies", but the idea was shelved until Disney revived it in 1938 and fixed it up and called the sequel Merbabies
Burromovie 1 year ago
water toads and water lobsters...
YouViewer08 1 year ago 2
He made a mistake. He said "1938" but "Water Babies" was made in 1935.
3investigators 1 year ago
Too bad Disney is now a soulless money-making corporation.
QIFanGirl 1 year ago 10
such a wonderful man,,,,,a genious
jannforever13 1 year ago 2
Yep, that looks like the opening of Merbabies. I wonder why they used waterbabies? I read the Waterbabies when I was little & it's not like this . I know it's just based on it though with a disney touch.
TheLatinGeisha 2 years ago
Walt Disney rooted
out 'communists' but he did make good films
ironzeppelinoverhead 3 years ago
Actually, that's not Water Babies that is about to be shown, it's Merbabies.
disneyfan85 4 years ago
walt king of kiddies films rip!
whirlyfan 4 years ago
he doesn't mension Sleeping Beauty,because it wasn't ready there.This is from 1955.And the Sleeping Beauty,came in 1958.They worked 4 years at it.
Ferco1976 5 years ago
Actually, they worked on it SIX years and it was released in 1959.
disneyfan85 4 years ago
Are you SURE this is 1955? His saying "twenty years ago" certainly suggests it, but the animation of Kingsley and his son looks like something they would have done in the early '60s, going by those designs.
Marbles471 4 years ago
The animation is quite impressive for a 1938 cartoon...
AlexDraco 5 years ago
That was all Disney's doing. Ten years earlier, they'd looked very primitive. Disney wanted to elevate the medium, and because of the environment he created, enormous strides were made in just a few short years. There's nothing unusual about the animation in that short---that was typical of what they'd achieved by then.
It's just that most television animation made now is so minimal compared to this decades-old stuff, that when people today see the old stuff, it's a bit of a surprise.
Marbles471 4 years ago