Frolicking Fish

Frolicking Fish
Directed by	Burt Gillett
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Walt Disney
Music by	Bert Lewis
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Released	May 8, 1930
Running time	6:02
Language	English
Preceded by	Cannibal Capers
Followed by	Arctic Antics

Frolicking Fish is a Silly Symphony that was released on May 8, 1930.

Synopsis

The sequence begins with a Mickey head.

Black background, which the giant fish yawns before white bubbles and closes mouth, which talks.

A fish but rides on a establish, who screams and shakes. A lot of chains climbing, and quit.

A group of fish were frolicking until the festivities are interrupted by a "scary" octopus. She opens treasure, a "scary" octopus comes, all the fishes getting scary. Then she runs, while hitted.

A trio to a soft-shoe dance, who yawns syncing. Where a trio plays with a xylophone and then a "scary" crab. Plays with a harp, the first fish who sees a mermaid statue. A dolphin colored black, which the all fishes set on bubble. She pops more, and shakes. Shes pops totally more, shakes more. A fish having fun, when she sucks. An "scary" octopus comes, pops more and running, she jumps.

While the station and seeing, but the octopus eats a teeth what a fish and climbs, scrolls the anchor and dies. The credits begin.

Trivia

• The film's copyright was renewed on December 16, 1957.
• This cartoon is notable for helping establish "overlapping action" with the scene where a trio of fish to a soft-shoe dance, which was animated by Norm Ferguson. Walt Disney was so impressed with Ferguson's work, that he made his animators study him to further develop their craft.

Releases

Television

• The Mickey Mouse Club, February 24, 1956
• The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.13: "Silly Symphonies Get Wet"

Home video

DVD

• Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies

Gallery

"The End" title card from the 1932 reissue.

References

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1929 The Skeleton Dance • El Terrible Toreador • Springtime • Hell's Bells • The Merry Dwarfs 1930 Summer • Autumn • Cannibal Capers • Frolicking Fish • Arctic Antics • Midnight in a Toy Shop • Night • Monkey Melodies • Winter • Playful Pan 1931 Birds of a Feather • Mother Goose Melodies • The China Plate • The Busy Beavers • The Cat's Out • Egyptian Melodies • The Clock Store • The Spider and the Fly • The Fox Hunt (1931 short) • The Ugly Duckling (1931) 1932 The Bird Store • The Bears and Bees • Just Dogs • Flowers and Trees • King Neptune • Bugs in Love • Babes in the Woods • Santa's Workshop 1933 Birds in the Spring • Father Noah's Ark • Three Little Pigs • Old King Cole • Lullaby Land • The Pied Piper • The Night Before Christmas 1934 The China Shop • The Grasshopper and the Ants • Funny Little Bunnies • The Big Bad Wolf • The Wise Little Hen • The Flying Mouse • Peculiar Penguins • The Goddess of Spring 1935 The Tortoise and the Hare • The Golden Touch • The Robber Kitten • Water Babies • The Cookie Carnival • Who Killed Cock Robin? • Music Land • Three Orphan Kittens • Cock o' the Walk • Broken Toys 1936 Elmer Elephant • Three Little Wolves • Toby Tortoise Returns • Three Blind Mouseketeers • The Country Cousin • Mother Pluto • More Kittens 1937 Woodland Café • Little Hiawatha • The Old Mill 1938 The Moth and the Flame • Wynken, Blynken and Nod • Farmyard Symphony • Merbabies • Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 1939 The Practical Pig • The Ugly Duckling