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Birds of a Feather (1931 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Birds of a Feather' is a 'Silly Symphonies' animated Disney short film. It was released on February 10, 1931, by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
Swans swim by, a peacock displays its plumage in glorious black-and-white, a passing duck jeers, assorted songbirds chirp, a woodpecker chases a caterpillar, and a chorus of owls croons. A chicken goes after worms while ignoring her brood until a hawk circles. When the hawk captures one chick, the crows form an attack squadron.
Voice cast
* Florence Gill: Hen and assorted squawks and whistles
* Purv Pullen: Bird Whistling
* The Rhythmettes (including Mae Questel and Bonnie Poe): Hummingbirds and Brox Sister owls
Comic adaptation
The 'Silly Symphony' Sunday comic strip ran a three-month-long adaptation of 'Birds of a Feather' from March 11 to June 17, 1934.
Reception
'Variety' (April 15, 1931): "This subject suffers from too much similarity with previous cartoons of this and other series... This weakness makes it filler stuff for the intermediate programs and lesser spots only. It's a concoction of rhythmic gyration by various fowl."
Home media
The short was released on December 4, 2001, on 'Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies - The Historic Musical Animated Classics'.
References
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