Walt Disney Silly Symphony - Who Killed Cock Robin?: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Walt Disney Silly Symphony - Who Killed Cock Robin? (Bluebird BK-5). 78 rpm.

Silly Symphony is a series of 75 animated musical short films produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939. Who Killed Cock Robin? was directed by David Hand with music by Frank Churchill and features the voices of Billy Bletcher, Martha Wentworth, Leo Cleary, Purv Pullen, Homer Hall Male Quartet, and Freeman High Male Quartet. The film was originally released in 1935 and was nominated for the 1935 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. This recording on Bluebird records was released in 1937.

Materials, dates and provenance

• recording date: 1937
• producer: Walt Disney Productions
• manufacturer: Bluebird
• Object Name: sound recording
• Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
• place made: United States: New Jersey, Camden
• ID Number: 1981.0656.098
• accession number: 1981.0656
• maker number: BK-5
• catalog number: 1981.0656.098
• Credit Line: Gift of Eula W. Wake in Memory of Harry Wake
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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