Merbabies

Merbabies

Merbabies

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Merbabies

"Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to a playground on the ocean floor."

1938

0h 9m

6.2(41 votes)

Animation

Music

Comedy

Family

Fantasy

Overview

Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to an aquatic circus playground on the sea floor, where they interact with a parade of seahorses, starfish and other marine life, before disappearing into the surface from which they came.

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Walt Disney Productions

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Cast & crew

5 featured cast members

Starring

Pinto Colvig

Pinto Colvig

Snails (voice)

George Magrill

George Magrill

Snails (voice)

Marcellite Garner

Marcellite Garner

Merbabies (voice)

Beatrice Hagen

Beatrice Hagen

Merbabies (voice)

Jayne Shadduck

Jayne Shadduck

Merbabies (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Rudolf Ising
Vernon Stallings
Written by: Pinto Colvig
Maurice "Jake" Day
Produced by: Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising

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