The Ugly Duckling (4K). The Ugly Duckling (re-titled as Ugly Duckling in reissues) is an animated short film by Walt Disney, based on the 1843 fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen. The film was directed by Jack Cutting and Clyde Geronimi, and released in theaters on April 7, 1939. An earlier Silly Symphony animated short based on this fairy tale had been produced in black and white in 1931. The 1939 color film won the 1940 Oscar for Best Short Subject (Cartoons), and also happened to be the last entry in the Silly Symphony series, although it was branded in certain releases as a special one-shot cartoon.
Remastered and musically reissued with Tchaikovsky's masterpiece: The Swan's Lake.
