Little Hiawatha
| Little Hiawatha | |
|---|---|
| Silly Symphonies series | |
| Directed by | David Hand |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Music by | Albert Hay Malotte |
| Animation by | Dick Huemer Charles Thorson Ollie Johnson Frank Thomas |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Woodland Café |
| Followed by | The Old Mill |
Little Hiawatha (a.k.a. Hiawatha) is a 1937 animated cartoon produced by Walt Disney. The film is currently seen on the 2012 Blu-ray of Walt Disney's Pocahontas. It is unknown if the short uses the original United Artists logo or the RKO/Buena Vista logo.
Synopsis [edit]
Over opening narration, Little Hiawatha is seen paddling his canoe down a river—at one point backwards—on his way to hunt game. Upon reaching land, he steps out and immediately falls down a hidden hole in the water, bringing about the laughter of the animals in the forest. Hiawatha gives chase to them—with his pants occasionally falling down in what is the cartoon's running gag. He gives chase to the grasshopper, but is foiled when it spits in his face, which earns him more laughter from the animals. He chases them again and manages to corner a small rabbit, but finds he cannot bring himself to kill it after it gives him repeated sad glances, even after he has armed it with a spare bow and arrow. Frustrated, he shoos it back to its family and breaks his bow and arrow, to the animals' delight.
Later Hiawatha comes across a set of bear tracks, which leads him to a face-to-face encounter with a bear cub. He chases after it, but runs right into the cub's hungry mother, who is enraged and pursues him through the forest. The other animals band together to keep Hiawatha out of the bear's clutches, including scenes of opossums flinging Hiawatha through the air, and beavers cutting down trees in the bear's path. Returned safely to his canoe, Hiawatha rows off into the sunset as the animals wave him farewell.
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