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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: To Spring (1936)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: To Spring (1936) is a 9-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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: To Spring (1936)
To Spring is a 1936 animated musical short part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Happy Harmonies series. Although credited as a Harman-Ising production, this short was actually the first cartoon to be directed by the future cartoon giant William Hanna, along with animator Paul Fennell.
This short begins with the melting of winter snow as little human-like creatures (either elves or gnomes) below the ground mine colorful crystals. The creatures then process the crystals into liquids that cover the main rainbow colors. This work incites the arrival of spring above on the surface. However, a snowy wind appears and causes issues that hinders the process as the creatures start working harder. In the end, the creatures prevail and spring occurs.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article To Spring (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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