Somewhere in Dreamland

Somewhere in Dreamland
Color Classics series
Directed by	Dave Fleischer
Produced by	Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor (executive)
Voices by	Mae Questel (uncredited)
Music by	Murray Mencher Charles Newman
Animation by	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	January 17, 1936
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	8 minutes 55 seconds
Language	English

Somewhere in Dreamland was a 1936 film based on the titular song. This film was part of Max Fleischer's Color Classics series. The film was directed by Dave Fleischer, and produced by his brother Max Fleischer. Animation was by Flaischer veterans Seymour Kneitel and Roland Crandall.

Plot

A young brother and sister carry a wagon with pieces of wood, gathering them for their stove. They pass by five merchants' shops: a tinker's, a tailor's, a toy merchant's, a butcher's, and a baker's. The children see confectionaries at the window. They lick the window to pretend they're tasting the cupcakes. As he sees the children, the friendly baker comes out with cupcakes for them, but they already left. The merchants gather to make a plan because they want to help those poor children. The children reach home, and they are welcomed by their mother with a kiss. Then, they eat dinner: hard bread and flat water. The children eat quickly, with the boy saying "I'm still hungry, Ma." She then cries, because they are very poor, due to the Great Depression. The boy tries to make her feel better by assuring her that he was "only foolin'" and their mother kisses them good night. They get in their pyjamas, and they each sing a part of the song, as they fall asleep beneath their very tattered sheets. She turns off the candle light, and goes to bed so sadly.

In their sleep, they enter a land with a welcome sign, an arch of pillows with the word "Dreamland". They walk happily through the wondrous land, which includes trees where they can pick beautiful clothes and shoes, a syrup river, an ice cream cone field with lilies pouring chocolate and caramel syrups, an animal cracker carousel with doughnuts, a field of popcorn-making corn stalks accompanied of flowers filled with melt butter to dip the popcorn in, wonderful toys, and two luxurious beds. They laugh happily, and fall asleep, only to wake up the next morning. To their surprise, a large feast is on the kitchen table, provided by the Merchants. They ask, "All for us?" The merchants say, "All for you." They shout in joy, but the boy sticks a fork on his bottom, to check if they weren't dreaming again. The children then laugh as a chorus sings "Somewhere in Dreamland, tonight."

Song's lyrics

I'll see you somewhere in dreamland Somewhere in dreamland tonight Over a bridge made of moonbeams We'll find our clouds are silver lined

Each little star is a castle Shining a welcome so bright Dreams will come true for me and you Somewhere in dreamland tonight

Trivia

• Unlike most Color Classics, which were produced in two-strip Technicolor, with the exception of Poor Cinderella (1934) which was filmed in Cinecolor, this was Fleischer Studios' first film in three-strip Technicolor.

External links

• Somewhere in Dreamland at the Big Cartoon DataBase