Color Classics - Somewhere in Dreamland (1936) (Patreon)

Color Classics - Somewhere in Dreamland (1936) 35mm Max Fleischer Studios Cartoon

Somewhere in Dreamland is a 1936 animated short in Max Fleischer's Color Classics series. The film was produced by Max Fleischer, directed by Dave Fleischer, co-directed by Dawn Fleischer, and was animated by Fleischer veterans Seymour Kneitel and Roland Crandall. The cartoon, set during the contemporary Great Depression, follows two impoverished children who dream about a land full of candy and ice cream. The cartoon is Fleischer's first in three-strip Technicolor. Directed by Dave Fleischer Produced by Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor (executive) Voices by Mae Questel (uncredited) Music by Murray Mencher Charles Newman Animation by Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall Studio Fleischer Studios Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date(s) January 17, 1936 Color process Technicolor Running time 8 minutes 55 seconds Language English Color Classics were a series of animated short subjects produced by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures from 1934 to 1941 as a competitor to Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies. As the name implies, all of the shorts were made in color, with the first entry in the series, Poor Cinderella, being the first color cartoon produced by the Fleischer studio. There were 36 films produced in this series. Special thanks to Paramount Pictures for the 35mm scan. Image restoration done by Thad Komorowski & Jack Theakston. Visit MaxFleischerCartoons.com to help us scan more!