Ferdinand the Bull (1938)

11/23/1938 (US) • 8m

Animation, Comedy, Family

Ferdinand only wants to stop and smell the flowers.

Overview

This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.

Top Billed Cast

Milt Kahl

Ferdinand (voice)

Don Wilson

Narrator (voice)

Walt Disney

Ferdinand's Mother (voice)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$66,260.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

cartoon

short film

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