Tulips Shall Grow is a 1942 American animated short film directed by George Pal and starring Rex Ingram and Victor Jory. It was released by Paramount Pictures and photographed in 3-strip Technicolor.
Tulips Shall Grow | |
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Directed by | George Pal (uncredited) |
Produced by | George Pal |
Story by | Cecil Beard George Pal Jack Miller (all uncredited) Originated by: George Pal |
Starring | Rex Ingram Victor Jory |
Music by | Eddison von Ottenfeld |
Cinematography | George Pal |
Production company | George Pal Productions |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | January 26, 1942 |
Running time | 7 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Screenplay
A Dutch boy and girl's idyllic existence is destroyed when they are overrun by a group of Nazi-like mechanical men called "The Screwballs", who lay waste to everything they touch. The Screwballs are later destroyed by a thunderstorm (the rain of which causes them to rust) and the boy and girl's idyllic life resumes.
The cartoon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons. In 1997, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
It was included on the DVD of The Puppetoon Movie.