Tom Thumb in Trouble

Tom Thumb in Trouble
Directed byCharles Jones
Story byRich Hogan
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc[1]
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byRobert Cannon
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • June 8, 1940 (1940-06-08)
Running time
8 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tom Thumb in Trouble is a 1940 American animated comedy short film directed by Charles Jones.[2] The short was released on June 8, 1940. It is part of the Merrie Melodies series. It was re-released as a "Blue Ribbon" reissue in 1949, rendering the original film and credits lost. Tom's father in the film would reappear in The Day the Earth Blew Up as Farmer Jim, a character who helped raise Porky Pig and Daffy Duck in the film.[3]

Plot

Tom Thumb lives with his woodchopper father, struggling to turn off an alarm clock until his father intervenes. He is bathed in a small puddle of water and drinks from a cup half his size before his father leaves for work. He helps clean the kitchen with various contraptions, but accidentally slips into a bowl of soapy water with no way to escape. A yellow bird who flies outside the house hears his call for help and saves him by shattering the window. His father hears the commotion and believes that the bird attacked Tom Thumb, chasing it out of the window. Tom leaves at night to find the bird at the midst of a snowstorm after writing a note for his father. As Tom's father is overwhelmed with grief upon discovering, the yellow bird saves Tom from the freezing cold. As thanks, Tom's father allows the bird to sleep on his beard.

Home media

This short can be found on Disc 2 of the 2007 DVD set Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Scott, Keith (October 3, 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. p. 82.
  2. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 103. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ Lambert, David (August 22, 2026). "The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour - Complete Disc-by-Disc Details of Golden Collection Vol. 5 Cartoons, Extras". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
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