Oh I just love the animation of the opening scene with the nighttime blizzard of snow, it's so festive and beautiful and even though it's an image that you see time and again throughout the Silly Symphonies and early animated shorts in general I never get tired of seeing it. It always immediately set such a classic tone.
Before you can get to see "Cannibal Capers" and a few other 'special' cartoons on the "Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies" DVD set, you are forced to watch an introduction by Leonard Maltin. He talks about the times in which they were made and how politically incorrect the films are.
It's interesting how many view this with more adulation than some. It is clever to use a spider who is caught in a nasty storm as the protagonist.
A six legged spider is out in the snow and to get warm, goes through the keyhole of a toyshop. It's late so only the toys are there.
This is probably one of the inspirations for Toy Story - toys coming to life in a toy shop, instigated by a spider who slipped into the shop during a snowstorm. Not much of story here - just a bunch of toys going and moving about.
A Walt Disney SILLY SYMPHONY Cartoon.
I have always enjoyed Disney Silly Symphonies, and I did enjoy Midnight in a Toy Shop, though it is nowhere near the best I've seen. It is virtually plot less and the gag with the "Mama" dolls sadly doesn't work, it was jarring and could be seen as racist.
This is a short in the Silly Symphonies series released by Disney. There will be spoilers ahead:This short is basically a spider wandering into a toy store at midnight, bumping into some toys and playing with a toy piano and a record player, which provides the excuse for musical numbers.
