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6.9/10
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The happy tranquility of Buggsville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.The happy tranquility of Buggsville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.The happy tranquility of Buggsville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.
Kenny Gardner
- Dick
- (voice)
Jack Mercer
- Mr. Bumble
- (voice)
- …
Tedd Pierce
- C. Bagley Beetle
- (voice)
- (as Ted Pierce)
Carl Meyer
- Smack
- (voice)
Stan Freed
- Hoppity
- (voice)
Pauline Loth
- Honey
- (voice)
Pinto Colvig
- Mr. Creeper
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Margie Hines
- Mrs. Ladybug
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Mae Questel
- Buzz
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMuch of this movie's financial failure is blamed on the fact that it was released on 5 December 1941, only two days before Pearl Harbor was bombed.
- GoofsWhen the sprinkler is going off, a bug in a blue dress disappears right before the scene ends.
- Quotes
Hoppity: I told you we belong here in the garden. The lady human said so. You heard her.
Mr. Bumble: Gosh! And she knew my name.
- Alternate versionsReleased to TV as "Hoppity Goes to Town" by NTA, with copyright date and one minute missing. A hasty retitle patch-job somewhat ruins the beginning-credits sequence.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Family Classics: Family Classics: Hoppity Goes to Town (1962)
- SoundtracksWe're the Couple in the Castle
(1941)
Music by Hoagy Carmichael
Lyric by Frank Loesser
Played in the score during the opening credits and often in the film
Sung by Kenny Gardner (uncredited) several times
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Good effort with too many lulls also had bad timing for its release
The version I saw was titled "Bugville", from a 1989 Legend DVD release (I Think--it has a sloppily prepared title card and matches the Wikipedia description, and the promo video TCM has is of the beginning of MBGtT is an exact match, excepting the title card).
OK Fleischer/Paramount animated feature (Fleischer made the animated 1939 "Gulliver's Travels) about bugs endangered by man has a listenable score by Frank Loesser, very good opening and closing sequences, and a good nightclub scene (watch for the Jitterbug). Film has too many lulls between the interesting scenes, and in general is cloyingly sweet. Film is a disappointment.
This is the one that was released two days before Pearl Harbor. Thanks at least partially to bad timing, film was a financial disaster. Film is hard to find, so is worth a watch. Just have a pot of coffee close by.
OK Fleischer/Paramount animated feature (Fleischer made the animated 1939 "Gulliver's Travels) about bugs endangered by man has a listenable score by Frank Loesser, very good opening and closing sequences, and a good nightclub scene (watch for the Jitterbug). Film has too many lulls between the interesting scenes, and in general is cloyingly sweet. Film is a disappointment.
This is the one that was released two days before Pearl Harbor. Thanks at least partially to bad timing, film was a financial disaster. Film is hard to find, so is worth a watch. Just have a pot of coffee close by.
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- AlsExGal
- May 26, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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