Fiddlesticks (1930 film)

For the Harry Langdon film, see Fiddlesticks (1927 film).

Fiddlesticks
Directed byUb Iwerks[1]
Produced byUb Iwerks
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byDrawn by:
Ub Iwerks
Fred Kopietz
Tony Pabian
Backgrounds byFred Kopietz
Color processHarriscolor (England) Black and White (United States)
Distributed byCelebrity Pictures
Release date
  • August 16, 1930 (1930-08-16)
Running time
6:12
CountryUnited States
LanguageSound film (no dialogue)

Fiddlesticks is a 1930 Celebrity Pictures theatrical cartoon short directed and animated by Ub Iwerks, in his first cartoon since he departed from Walt Disney's studio. The short features Iwerks' character Flip the Frog.[2] It is the first complete sound cartoon to be photographed in color.[3]

The film was simultaneously released with King of Jazz, a musical revue, and was released with a cartoon animated by Walter Lantz Productions depicting how Paul Whiteman, the music director of the film, "became the King of Jazz".

The copyright of the film was renewed in 1959.[4] It will enter the public domain on January 1, 2026 in accordance with current copyright laws.

  1. ^ Bradley, Edwin M. The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926–1931. p. 225.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 80. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Robertson, Patrick (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781608197385. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series. Parts 12-13: Motion Pictures and Filmstrips Jan-Dec 1959: Vol 13 No 1-2". U.S. Govt. Print. Off. 1959.