The Pied Piper is a short animated film based on the story of Pied Piper of Hamelin. The short was produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Wilfred Jackson

Wilfred Jackson

Wilfred Jackson was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series of cartoons and the two segments Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria of Fantasia from The Walt Disney Company.Wilfred Jackson was born in Chicago,...

, and released on September 16, 1933, as a part of the Silly Symphonies

Silly Symphonies

Silly Symphonies is a series of animated short subjects, 75 in total, produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939, while the studio was still located at Hyperion Avenue in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles...

 series.

Plot

In the city of Hamelin, there was a rodent problem as it kept spreading and ate all the food in sight. The king thought it was becoming a big nuesence until the Pied Piper showed up. The king offered to pay him a bag of gold for his services, or at least that what the Pied Piper thought. He used his horn to hypnotize the mice to follow him out of Hamelin. Then, he made cheese with his horn, tempting the mice to come in, and once all of the mice were in the holes of the cheese, he disappered all of them and the cheese. When he came back, he got cheated and was only given two gold coins. The reason was because the king said that he was only blowing a horn. Then, the Pied Piper got revenge and got all of the children in Hameiln to go with him. The king and the adults thought he was bluffing, but it was true. Then, he opened part of a mountain which led to a joyland for children with a fun playground and some candy as the Pied Piper and the children lived happily ever after.

Home Video Release

1. Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: The Disney Dream Factory: 1933-1938
   Walt Disney Cartoon Classics
   Walt Disney Cartoon Classics was a series of cartoon compilations from Disney. It was their first attempt to put cartoons on home video. The first 14 volumes, from 1983–1986, came with 6 or 7 cartoons and ran from 30–60 minutes...
   
   (VHS)1985
2. Walt Disney's Timeless Tales Volume 1: The Prince and the Pauper/Three Little Pigs/The Tortoise and the Hare
   Walt Disney's Timeless Tales
   Walt Disney's Timeless Tales is a series of DVDs by Walt Disney Home Video. Each release had around one-hour of Disney animated short films featuring classic fairy tale adaptations. As opposed to the chronological nature of the Walt Disney Treasures line, each release included cartoons in no...
   
    (DVD) 2005
3. More Silly Symphonies
   Walt Disney Treasures: Wave Six
   The sixth wave of Walt Disney Treasures was released on December 19, 2006. It contains four separate DVD sets.-More Silly Symphonies:This set contains all Silly Symphonies not released on the first volume in Wave One...
   
    (DVD) 2006
4. Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films Volume 3: The Prince and the Pauper (DVD) 2009

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