Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1947
Tubby the Tuba (1947 film)
Buy Tubby the Tuba (1947 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Tubby the Tuba' is a 1947 American animated short film from Paramount Pictures, directed by George Pal as part of his 'Puppetoons' series.[https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film614527.html FilmAffinity] It was based on the original song by Paul Tripp and George Kleinsinger. The film features narration by Victor Jory.
The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short,[https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/36573-Tubby-The-Tuba BCDB] but lost to Warner Bros. Cartoons' 'Merrie Melodies' cartoon 'Tweetie Pie'. A feature-length version was released in 1975 by AVCO Embassy.[https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/20521-Tubby-The-Tuba Tubby the Tuba (1975)-New York Institute of Technology College or University Produced Cartoon-BCDB] The 1987 compilation feature, 'The Puppetoon Movie', featured the original short in its entirety.[http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article.html?id=1359597%7C1359601 The Puppetoon Movie-TCM.com][https://www.amazon.com/Puppetoon-Movie-Paul-Frees/dp/B00004Z4VL Amazon.com: The Puppetoon Movie]
Plot
This story takes place in an orchestra featuring, among each other, a piccolo (Peepo), a flute, an oboe, a clarinet, a bassoon, a trumpet, a French horn, a trombone, a tuba (Tubby), a violin, a cello, a double bass, a xylophone, cymbals, a timpani and a celeste. Tubby, the orchestra's tuba, comments after a rehearsal's warmup that he is tired of playing only the bass line. This draws ridicule from the other instruments, and Tubby runs off crying to a nearby creek. A frog who lives there consoles Tubby; both are treated poorly, as neither is thought to be capable or worthy of a solo. The frog teaches Tubby a melody and the two part ways.
The next day, at the warmup, Tubby begins playing his newly learned melody. The orchestral instruments are shocked, but are encouraged to let the tuba have his solo by their conductor. With the frog's help, Tubby gets to play his solo.
References
Buy Tubby the Tuba (1947 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1947