The classic fable of breaking & entering; in this bear family, poppa is a bit accident prone and cowardly.The classic fable of breaking & entering; in this bear family, poppa is a bit accident prone and cowardly.The classic fable of breaking & entering; in this bear family, poppa is a bit accident prone and cowardly.
Elvia Allman
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
Frank Elmquist
- Wilbur Bear
- (uncredited)
Janice Hood
- Goldilocks
- (uncredited)
Rudolf Ising
- Papa Bear
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Martha Wentworth
- Mama Bear
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Hugh Harman(uncredited)
- Writers
- Jack Cosgriff(uncredited)
- Charles McGirl(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThis is one of three shorts which were created at Disney and animated at MGM's animation department led by Harman and Ising. Only the first one, "Merbabies," was released as a Silly Symphony. The other two were then released as Harman and Ising shorts - they were "The Little Goldfish" and this one, "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Toon in with Me: You Pick the Toons 2 (2023)
- SoundtracksThe Irish Washerwoman
(uncredited)
Traditional
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears gets the Hugh Harman treatment
Have seen a lot of work over the past few years from Hugh Harman and have liked enough of them, though the recently seen efforts have been a bit of a mixed bag (nothing terrible, few great). His visual style wasn't as polished perhaps as frequent and maybe better known collaborator Rudolf Ising, but to me he was the better storyteller with fewer cartoons to have a too cutesy approach and a few of his cartoons were ahead of their time in dealing with already bold themes.
One of his best for me is 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', a great cartoon worthy of more credit. It may not be one of my favourite cartoons or innovative, but it is enormously entertaining, spirited and well made and shows that Harman does have a comic touch and a good one. When it comes to his cartoons, 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' is one of his funniest, most energetic and also one of his cutest and a welcome break from all the too cutesy and tired cartoons seen recently.
Did think that it is a little too long by about 3 minutes, which did affect some of the pace a little early on.
'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' is excellent otherwise. The animation is rich in detail for design and backgrounds, vibrant in colour and crisp. Composer for the prime-era 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons and regular Tex Avery composer Scott Bradley provides a lush and atmospheric music score that is beautifully orchestrated and full of lively character. The voice work is stellar, and it was a great surprise to hearing none other than Ising himself voice Papa Bear.
It is a very funny cartoon as well and at its funniest hilarious. Absolutely loved the zany antics of the bears and the action excites and has imagination visually. The story sticks closely to the original story and packs a lot in without over-stuffing, so there is a lot of infectious energy throughout. Goldilocks is cute as a button and pretty, while also not being bland, and even better are the endearingly and amusingly goofy bears. Really liked how they were given individual distinct personalities and ones that were strong and not exaggerated, Papa Bear particularly.
To conclude, great. 9/10.
One of his best for me is 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', a great cartoon worthy of more credit. It may not be one of my favourite cartoons or innovative, but it is enormously entertaining, spirited and well made and shows that Harman does have a comic touch and a good one. When it comes to his cartoons, 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' is one of his funniest, most energetic and also one of his cutest and a welcome break from all the too cutesy and tired cartoons seen recently.
Did think that it is a little too long by about 3 minutes, which did affect some of the pace a little early on.
'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' is excellent otherwise. The animation is rich in detail for design and backgrounds, vibrant in colour and crisp. Composer for the prime-era 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons and regular Tex Avery composer Scott Bradley provides a lush and atmospheric music score that is beautifully orchestrated and full of lively character. The voice work is stellar, and it was a great surprise to hearing none other than Ising himself voice Papa Bear.
It is a very funny cartoon as well and at its funniest hilarious. Absolutely loved the zany antics of the bears and the action excites and has imagination visually. The story sticks closely to the original story and packs a lot in without over-stuffing, so there is a lot of infectious energy throughout. Goldilocks is cute as a button and pretty, while also not being bland, and even better are the endearingly and amusingly goofy bears. Really liked how they were given individual distinct personalities and ones that were strong and not exaggerated, Papa Bear particularly.
To conclude, great. 9/10.
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 4, 2023
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- Also known as
- Златовласка и три медведя
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- Runtime11 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1939) officially released in Canada in English?
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