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The Grasshopper and the Ants

1934 • 0h8m Animation, Family, Music

Rating

6.4/10

Popularity

1

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

Details

Director

Wilfred Jackson

Screenplay

William Cottrell

Joe Grant

Pinto Colvig

Cast

Pinto Colvig

Dorothy Compton

Release date

2/10/1934

Status

Released

Budget

$22,120

Origin country

US

Vote count

128