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The Shoemaker and the Elves (film)

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The Shoemaker and the Elves
Directed byArthur Davis
Produced byCharles Mintz
Music byJoe DeNat
Animation byArthur Davis
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • January 20, 1935 (1935-01-20)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Shoemaker and the Elves is a 1935 Color Rhapsodies short directed by Arthur Davis.[1] It concerns a poor shoemaker who gives a little boy shelter from a storm.[2]

Plot summary

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A homeless waif, staggering through a roaring snow storm, wanders into a small town and no one except a poor shoemaker will give the little boy shelter from the storm. That night, the elves come in with their equipment and material, and make a new supply of shoes for the old man.

In the morning, seeing what has happened, the old man tells the boy he has brought him luck, and can stay with him as his adopted son.

References

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  1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 281. ISBN 9781476672939.