8pm Friday GULLIVER’S TRAVELS (1939)
Lemuel finds himself in an undiscovered land, where he reinvents himself as the hero of Lilliputians by impressing them with his size. Unprepared for leading them, his inefficiency puts him in danger.
On November 5, 1699, explorer Lemuel Gulliver washes onto the beach of Lilliput after a storm at sea and ultimate shipwreck. Following the calm of the storm, the town crier Gabby stumbles across Gulliver in terror and rushes back to Lilliput to warn King Little of a "giant on the beach". As this is happening, King Little of Lilliput and King Bombo of Blefescu are signing a wedding contract between their children, Princess Glory and Prince David of Blefuscu, respectively. All is fine until an argument starts over which national anthem is to be played at the wedding; the anthem of Lilliput ("Faithful") or the anthem of Blefuscu ("Forever"). In a fury, King Bombo cancels the wedding and declares war against Liliput.
PRODUCTION NOTES:
Gulliver's Travels is a 1939 American cel-animated Technicolor musical feature film produced by Max Fleischer and directed by Dave Fleischer for Fleischer Studios.
Fleisher Studios was originally headquartered in New York City (1921-1938) but relocated to Miami in 1938. The new Fleischer Studio opened in October, and production on its first feature, Gulliver's Travels (1939), went from the development stage that begun in New York to active production in Miami.
Fleischer Studios characters also included Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Bimbo, Popeye the Sailor, and Superman.
