In the last of the Silly Symphonies season cycle, bears hibernate (or try to), raccoons sneeze, moose swim, and pretty much everyone ice skates. Everyone gathers around the groundhog to see what happens.
Sound
Early synchronized score hits different in 1930.
Direction
Gillett orchestrates pure cartoon anarchy.
Director
Burt Gillett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the final Silly Symphony in Disney's ambitious four-season cycle, completing a project started in 1929.
Groundhog Day had only been a US tradition for 44 years when this released—Disney was already meme-ing contemporary American rituals.
US
