- Honeyland
Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Honeyland
series =Happy Harmonies
caption =
director =Rudolf Ising
story_artist =
animator = N/A
voice_actor = PossiblyBrox Sisters
musician =Scott Bradley
producer =Hugh Harman Rudolph Ising
distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
release_date =October 19 ,1935
color_process =Technicolor
runtime = 10:05 minutes
movie_language = English"Honeyland" was a 1935 animated film based on the song, sung by the vaudevillian trio, the
Brox Sisters .Plot
Bees are harvesting nectar from flowers to make honey, as the camera turns to a trio of singing bees. They perform the song as bees are shown making honey, using ways like human techniques of farming, a stereotypical "French chef" tasting it, and melting candle wax to preserve, a reference to
beeswax .Two bees are shown chasing each other, outside the safety of the hive. Then, the antagonist (a spider) comes in and chases and captures the female bee. The male bee tries to fight the spider, and the female escapes. Using a flower as a rotary telephone, she contacts the operator, telling him to call for all bees. They come into formation, as the spider tries to escape. To a part of
Rimsky-Korsakov 'sFlight of the Bumblebee , the group continually stung the spider'sabdomen , and the spider runs off. The female bee goes to aid the male bee, and with a kiss, he is happy, and all the bees cheer.
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