Merbabies
Seen it?1938 | 9 min | Animation, Music, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at anyone who wants a laugh and fantasy fans. Works for the whole couch, from little ones up. Fans of Day & Night or Ciao Alberto should feel right at home.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- Paced for all ages, at 9 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1938: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you can't get past animation (your loss).
Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to an aquatic circus playground on the sea floor, where they interact with a parade of seahorses, starfish and other marine life, before disappearing into the surface from which they came.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 5K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Rudolf Ising, Vernon Stallings
- Pinto ColvigSnails (voice)
- George MagrillSnails (voice)
- Marcellite GarnerMerbabies (voice)
- Beatrice HagenMerbabies (voice)
- Jayne ShadduckMerbabies (voice)