King for a Day (1940 film)

For other uses, see King for a Day (disambiguation).

1940 American film

King for a Day

Directed by| Dave Fleischer
Directing animator:
Willard Bowsky
Story by| Joseph E. Stultz
Produced by| Max Fleischer
Starring| Pinto Colvig
Jack Mercer
Music by| Uncredited musical supervision:
Lou Fleischer
Uncredited musical direction:
Winston Sharples
Musical arrangement:
Sammy Timberg
Animation by| Character animation:
Willard Bowsky
James Davis
Color process| Technicolor

Production
company

Fleischer Studios

Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* October 18, 1940 (1940-10-18)

Running time

| 7 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Gabby: King for a Day (1940)

King for a Day is a 1940 animated short film featuring Gabby released by Paramount Pictures in the Max Fleischer Cartoon series. The cartoon was released on October 18, 1940.[1] It was the first entry of the Gabby series, the spin-off cartoon series of Gulliver's Travels.

## Plot

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King Little has received a letter which says "Dear Majesty, please be at home today. I have orders to shoot you. Sincerely yours". He asks Gabby if he would like to be king for a day and Gabby accepts, not knowing that he may be in danger.

## References

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1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 83\. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.

## External links

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* King for a Day at IMDb

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