Greedy Humpty Dumpty's wall of gold is not enough. He wants all the gold in the sun, too.Greedy Humpty Dumpty's wall of gold is not enough. He wants all the gold in the sun, too.Greedy Humpty Dumpty's wall of gold is not enough. He wants all the gold in the sun, too.
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Jack Mercer
- Various
- (voice)
Gus Wicke
- Humpty Dumpty
- (voice)
- (as Gus Wickie)
Mae Questel
- Little Bo Peep
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Dave Tendlar(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe failure of the original copyright holder to renew this cartoon's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the short. Therefore, many of the versions of this short available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the short.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Humpty Dumpty: [singing] I'm Humpty Dumpty, king of wealth / This wall of gold is my throne! / I built it high, till it reaches the sky! / This wall is all my own! / The more I have, the more I want! / I love the glistening stuff! / There's power untold in these pieces of gold! / I've never had enough!
- SoundtracksHumpty Dumpty
(uncredited)
Music by Sammy Timberg
Lyrics by Bob Rothberg
Sung by Humpty Dumpty and others
Featured review
Greed is the name of the game!
Interesting little animation loosely based on one of the most odd and mysterious fairytale characters. Well, in this take on the 'story', they make Humpty the king, and he's sure not a very nice one! I'd say it was the right thing to make ol' Dumpty a cruel and ill-tempered tyrant as to me the character already is kind of offbeat and creepy you begin with! I mean, he's just an egg-man who sits there, falls off and splats. And the way he looks in this as he cackles and waves his little limbs around is rather grotesque! I like the neat little touch just before the yolk-filled despot covets the freaking sun itself, where he's surrounded by his vast riches and his little stack of coins topple over, foreshadowing the ending. I love how amazing and beautiful the little effect is when Dumpty imagines the sun as gleaming solid gold for a moment. The actions of the storybook characters are kinda basic but I loved the sequence where the tower is built, I think it still looks great to this day, the way they construct it upwards in a spiral. It's quite outlandish and bizarre when Humpty finally does reach and cracks open the sun, releasing a lightning stick-figure which proceeds to spank him, which is *so* a mannerism that you'd only ever get in a Fleischer animation! He is smited good by the sun, and even as his eggy carcass crashes back down to earth his greediness is still evident as he grabs out at a passing gold brick, forgetting for a second that he's still thousands of feet in the air! My favourite part is the brilliant animation of the gold tower as it sways precariously from side to side, being pummelled by bolts of lightning and losing massive chunks of itself with each sway. The scope of the tower is rather epic for a minute there! It was clever how well they integrated the nursery rhyme and the Tower of Babel story. I was a little annoyed for a second at the end because it looked as if they were going to give the tale a happier ending but no, he was still shattered, I got the feeling that the other storybook folks "wouldn't" be putting Humpty together again this time! This thoroughly entertaining and very good Fleicher offering was highly charming, imaginative, well-animated and all-round fun! 7 crazy egg kings out of ten for me! 🍳
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- Foreverisacastironmess123
- Jul 29, 2013
Details
- Runtime7 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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