Cumulative rating:	(3 ratings submitted)

Synopsis

The firefighters of Parrotville amuse themselves playing poker when a fire breaks out and they prove themselves fairly inept as fire fighters.

Director Burt Gillett Stephen "Steve" Muffati Animator William "Bill" Littlejohn Music Winston Sharples Producer Amadee J. Van Beuren

Distributor(s)

RKO Radio Pictures

United States

Van Beuren Studio's Toddle Tales and Rainbow Parade Cartoons

MPAA Rating: G

MPAA No.: 148

Running time: 7:10

Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Color Type: Cinecolor

Sound Type: Mono: RCA Victor "High Fidelity" Sound System

Print Type: 35mm

Negative Type: 35mm

Cinematographic Format: Spherical

Original Language: English

Original Country: United States

Reviews and Comments

From eutychus :

"Parrotville Fire Department" might have been a cute enough short, but it pales in comparison to Disney's 1930 short "The Fire Fighters" which was also directed by Burt Gillett. It's as if he used up all his funnier ideas with that cartoon. And when you compare it with "Mickey's Fire Brigade" which came a year later, it's not even a question of which is the better cartoon. There just doesn't seem to be a point to a lot of the situations. The poker game at the beginning is pointless, and they set up a situation with an old, falling apart fire engine that's laughed at by the other fire fighters, but never capitalize on that set up. I gave it a 5 for effort. The animation is good, especially the anthropomorphic flames, but that's about as far as I can recommend it.
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