USA, 1941
78m
35mm film, Technicolor, 1.37:1
mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording), English
An American animated fantasy film directed by Dave Fleischer.
Plot Summary
The insect inhabitants of Bugville band together when they learn that a skyscraper is to be built over their town.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Dave Fleischer
© [not given on screen]
An NTA release
Paramount Pictures, The Fleischer Studio
Produced by: Max Fleischer
Original Story: Dave Fleischer, Dan Gordon, Ted Pierce, Isidore Sparber
Screen Adaptation: Dan Gordon, Carl Meyer, Ted Pierce, Graham Place, Isidore Sparber, Bob Wickersham, William Turner, Cal Howard
Directors of Animation: Willard Bowsky, Myron Waldman, Thomas Johnson, David Tendlar, James Culhane, H.C. Ellison, Stan Quackenbush, Graham Place
Photography: Charles Schettler
Music and Lyrics: Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser
Atmospheric Music Created and Conducted by: Leigh Harline
Scenics: Robert Little, Shane Miller, Kemia Calpini, Eddi Bowlds, Anton Loeb, Robert Connavale
Voices
Kenny Gardner (Dick)
Gwen Williams (Mary)
Jack Mercer (Mr Bumble)
Ted Pierce (C. Bagley Beetle)
Jack Mercer (Swat)
Carl Meyer (Smack)
Stan Freed (Hoppity)
Pauline Loth (Honey)
The Four Marshals, The Royal Guards (chorus interpretations)
Alternative Titles
Bugville – Canada, Netherlands, USA (DVD)
De buitensporige M. Bug – Belgium (Flemish)
Castillos en el aire – Mexico
Cvrle ide u grad – Serbia
Douce et criquet s’aimaient d’amour tendre – France
L’extravagant M. Bug – Belgium (French)
Hepokatin jännittävät seikkailut – Finland
Herr Heuschreck geht in die Stadt – Austria, West Germany
Hoppe kommer till stan – Sweden
Hoppity Goes to Town – India, UK, USA (re-release)
Hoppity kommer till stan – Sweden (video)
Hoppity kommt zurück – West Germany (television)
Hoppity va a la ciudad – Spain
Hoppity va in città – Italy
Mr. Bug Goes to Town – Ecuador
Mr. Bug idzie do miasta – Poland
Mr. Hoppe kommer til byen – Denmark
No Mundo da Carochinha – Brazil
Saltarín va a la ciudad – Spain
Tücsökkalandok New Yorkban – Hungary
Ο Χόππιτυ πάει στην πόλη – Greece
Приключения жука Хоппити – USSR
バッタ君町に行く – Japan
Links
Extracts included in
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story (2008)
That’s Adequate (1989)
See also
Antz (1998)
A Bug’s Life (1998)
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.10 p.42
- Kinematograph Weekly no.1814 (22 January 1942)
- Kinematograph Weekly no.2642 (3 April 1958) p.18
- Today’s Cinema vol.58 no.4675 (21 January 1942)
Books
- Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.315
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.306
- The World of Fantasy Films by Richard Myers p.165
