Ever since childhood, this has been my favorite cartoon because on how it left a thorn in my heart. Until today, only seeing the part where they went to Toy heaven. I never saw this part before. Now i can look back with a smile.
So the Tin Solder melts into the shape of a heart, the Paper Ballerina burns to ashes shaped like a flower, and their souls go to Toy Heaven where the Soldier gets a new leg.
Although this cartoon is pretty good for its type, it's still not really a patch on the original story. The original story managed to get most readers to place a lot of emotional investment in "The Stalwart Tin Soldier" and the music-box dancer depicted as his love, in spite of neither of them actually doing anything of their own volition in the story. In other words, in the original story both the tin soldier and the dancer are just ordinary toys, but the story still manages to describe what happens to them in emotional terms which captivates the reader's attention. Such skill in writing is what makes the original tale so fascinating and is something which is difficult - perhaps even impossible - to convey in an animated depiction of the story.
He's not kicked out of heaven by mistake, he's been "put out for the night". That was pretty typical back in those days, that cats were put outside during the night time to do whatever cats do... howling, fighting, devastating the local wildlife, having their way with each other, etc. There are definitely parts of this that show their age more than others. 😂
AHHH Thank you for posting this! It was on the end of the Snowman VHS tape we had as a kid... now if only I could find the other two cartoons that were also on there!
So considering that the other soldiers shot the ballerina as well, they technically committed a war crime. That's just old school Disney, boys and girls!
Its called reality check. Childrens shows back then didnt mess around like today with teletubies. And that might also be why a lot of our parents grew up as civilized persons because they knew hardships. 1930s was not far off from WW1 in 1917, its as close as 9/11 is to us. The Napolionic wars and Civil War in the US, not further away than WW1 and WW2 is for us. Just to give some perspective.
Does anyone remember this cartoon featuring at the beginning of Raymond Briggs ‘The snowman’ film on VHS in the 80’s???? I’m desperately trying to find the name of the other cartoon that featured. The storyline is where a grumpy man who gets a makeover and turns into a nice man. Help anyone????
It's called "Little Dutch Mill" from 1934 by Karl Fleisher (there are several copies on RU-vid) - along with "Summertime" from 1935 (another Ub Iwerks animation on this channel) and Charley from 1965 (by TVC and on Dylan Fagan4's RU-vid channel)
The original Hans Christian Anderson story has an ending where the tin soldier melts into the shape of a heart, and the ballerina burns into ashes shaped like a flower.
@@pqsnet That's it? Your only comeback is a vaguely disguised attempt at a slur because you're butthurt about someone pointing out that you think a 26-year-old series is current? 😂🤦 Solid F for that attempt at an ad hom, due to your sheer lack of logical thinking, and it's so lazy, I can't even give you a better grade for effort. If you want to attempt to insult someone by suggesting it's inappropriate for them to know about a topic, then you should probably consider what your excuse is for *also* supposedly knowing about it. Otherwise, you risk looking like a clown, because either you're also tarring yourself with the same brush, or you're tacitly admitting that you are talking out of your ass regarding a topic which you clearly know nothing about. So... which is it? 🤡🙄
An Hans Christian Anderson classic story turned into a political cartoon ...can no one else see that? I watched as a kid and still watch it now as an adult....i judt now see it differently x
