| The Goddess of Spring | |
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| Directed by | Wilfred Jackson |
| Story by | Bill Cottrell |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Kenny Baker Jessica Dragonette Tudor Williams |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Animation by | Cy Young Hamilton Luske Les Clark Dick Huemer Ward Kimball Art Babbitt Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Layouts by | Ken Anderson |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 8:58 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Goddess of Spring is a 9-minute Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film.[1] The Symphony is imbued with operatic themes and is often cited as melodramatic. It was released in 1934, and its production was important to the future development of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs animation. Each Silly Symphony was a technological marvel at the time and proceeded to further advancements in the animation industry.
The plot follows the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades, known here by his Roman name of Pluto with imagery evocative of Hell and Satan (more specifically, a traditional stage Mephistopheles).
- ^ Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J. B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Disney Editions. pp. 152–153. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.