Little Hiawatha
| Little Hiawatha | |
|---|---|
| Silly Symphonies series | |
| Directed by | David Hand |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Music by | Albert Hay Malotte |
| Animation by |
Dick Huemer Charles Thorson Ollie Johnston Fred Moore Frank Thomas |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Woodland Café |
| Followed by | The Old Mill |
Little Hiawatha (also called Hiawatha) is a 1937 animated cartoon produced by Walt Disney, inspired by the poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The animated short appears on the Gold Collection DVD of Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World and the 2012 Blu-ray of Walt Disney's Pocahontas. It is the last Silly Symphony to be released by United Artists.
Over opening narration, a Native American boy named Little Hiawatha is seen paddling his canoe down a river — at one point backwards — on his way to hunt game. Upon reaching land, he steps out and immediately falls down a hidden hole in the water, bringing about the laughter of the animals in the forest. Hiawatha gives chase to them — with his pants occasionally falling down as the cartoon's running gag.
He gives chase to a grasshopper, but is foiled when it spits in his face, much to the amusement of the other animals. He chases them again and manages to corner a baby rabbit on a tree stump; however, he finds he cannot bring himself to kill it, especially when it repeatedly gives him sad glances, and even after he arms it with a spare bow and arrow. Frustrated, he shoos it back to its family and then breaks his bow and arrow, to the animals' great delight.
Shortly afterwards, Hiawatha comes across a set of bear tracks, which leads him to a face-to-face encounter with a bear cub. He chases after it, but runs right into the cub's protective mother, who is enraged and chases him through the forest. In gratitude for Hiawatha sparing their lives, the other animals band together to keep him out of the bear's clutches, including raccoons using a vine to trip the bear, opossums flinging Hiawatha through the air, and beavers cutting down trees in the bear's path, among other things. Finally returned safely to his canoe, Hiawatha rows off into the sunset as the animals gather together and bid him farewell.
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