The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)

02/10/1934 (US) • 8m

Animation, Family, Music

A grasshopper learns a lesson about hard work.

Overview

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

Top Billed Cast

Pinto Colvig

Grasshopper (voice)

Dorothy Compton

Ant Queen (voice)


Recommendations

The Big Bad Wolf

65%

The Tortoise and the Hare

66%

The Prince and the Pauper

67%

Three Little Wolves

65%

Ye Olden Days

63%

Modern Inventions

67%

Harold and the Purple Crayon

68%

Funny Little Bunnies

70%

I Feel Pretty

64%

Doctor Sleep

71%

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

71%

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

81%

State and Main

62%

King Kong vs. Godzilla

69%

Misericordia

63%

Platoon

77%

Drunken Angel

76%

Glengarry Glen Ross

73%

Autumn Sonata

80%

Design for Living

71%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$22,120.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

cartoon

ant

aesop's fables

short film

© All Rights Reserved 2025