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Gabby: King for a Day (1940)
Gabby: King for a Day (1940) is a 7-minute animated cartoon that airs free on Starlite TV's Saturday Morning (CH 7) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).
About Gabby: King for a Day (1940)
King for a Day is a 1940 animated short film featuring Gabby released by Paramount Pictures in the Max Fleischer Cartoon series. The cartoon was released on October 18, 1940.
Gabby is a Lilliputian mailman delivering a confidential letter for King Little of Lilliput. Since the King is taking a bath, Gabby waits for him to finish. Eyeing the royal crown and robes, Gabby tries them on. However, King Little catches him in the act. Gabby nervously returns the crown and robes and hands the King his letter before dashing off.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article King for a Day (1940 film) (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).
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- Saturday Morning - CH 7, Cartoon TV
Rights & source
- Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
- Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia "List of animated films in the public domain in the United States" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animated_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States), which cites Film Superlist / copyright renewal records (not renewed). Character names/designs may remain trademarks; no character art used in site branding.
- Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs not individually cleared.
- Source: Internet Archive
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