King for a Day | |
Director: | Dave Fleischer Directing animator: Willard Bowsky |
Producer: | Max Fleischer |
Story: | Joseph E. Stultz |
Animator: | Character animation: Willard Bowsky James Davis |
Starring: | Pinto Colvig Jack Mercer |
Music: | Uncredited musical supervision: Lou Fleischer Uncredited musical direction: Winston Sharples Musical arrangement: Sammy Timberg |
Studio: | Fleischer Studios |
Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Color Process: | Technicolor |
Runtime: | 7 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
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.[1] It was the first entry of the Gabby series, the spin-off cartoon series of Gulliver's Travels.
King Little has received a letter which says "Dear Majesty, please be at home today. I have orders to shoot you. Sincerely yours". He asks Gabby if he would like to be king for a day and Gabby accepts, not knowing that he may be in danger.