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To Spring (1936)

1936 · Animation · 9 min · dir. William Hanna

  • Animation
  • Family

Synopsis

A tone poem on the changing of the seasons. The melting ice turns a clock that awakens a small gnome who sings a song ("Time for Spring") and wakes up many other gnomes. They set to work mining a wide assortment of colors which get crushed and boiled and ultimately sent to the surface in a complex system of pipes. The trees and flowers start to come to life, but old man winter has a storm still up his sleeve. His actions cause chaos underground; the gnomes redouble their efforts. Finally, with…

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Details

Director
William Hanna
Writer
Hugh Harman
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Harman-Ising Productions
Released
1936-06-04
Running time
9 minutes

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