Merbabies

Merbabies
Directed by	Rudolf Ising, Vernon Stallings
Produced by	Walt Disney
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor	RKO Radio Pictures
Released	December 9, 1938
Language	English
Preceded by	Farmyard Symphony
Followed by	Mother Goose Goes Hollywood

Merbabies is a short from the Silly Symphonies series that was released on December 9, 1938. It and Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore are the only two Disney shorts to be outsourced to another studio (this one because Disney borrowed animators from MGM to finish Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs). In the case of Merbabies, it would be made by Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harman over at MGM, who worked with Walt in the early years.

Synopsis

Similar to Water Babies, redheaded 'merbabies' materialize out of the crashing surf and proceed to the sea floor where they conduct a circus along with a variety of sea creatures. Monstro makes a cameo appearance in this short.

Notes

Two other shorts were made at Disney's studio, [Pipe Dreams] and [The Little Bantamweight], but Metro Goldwyn Mayer bought the copyrights for these two from Disney and released them as part of their wp:Happy Harmonies series. These two were the last two shorts in the Happy Harmonies series before MGM terminated Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising in 1937.

Home video releases

DVD

• Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies
• The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
• The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea: Special Edition
• The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning / The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea 2-Movie Collection

Blu-ray

• The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning / The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea 2-Movie Collection

Gallery

External Links

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• Merbabies at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Merbabies at the Internet Animation Database