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The Grasshopper and the Ants

The Grasshopper and the Ants

★ 6.4/10•1934•8m•NR•Animation•Family•Music

A grasshopper learns a lesson about hard work.

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

Wilfred Jackson · Director

William Cottrell · Writer

Joe Grant · Writer

Pinto Colvig · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime8m
LanguageEN
Release DateFeb 10, 1934
Budget$22,120

Actors

Pinto Colvig

Pinto Colvig

Grasshopper (voice)

Dorothy Compton

Ant Queen (voice)

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