# Gulliver's Travels (1939 film)

Gulliver's Travels is a 1939 American animated Technicolor feature film, the second cel-animated feature film to be released.
    Directed by Dave Fleischer. Produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios. Loosely based on Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

## Gabby

* [first lines] All's well! What's a rainy day? Never mind that cloud, Behind that cloud you'll find a golden ray. All's well! Laugh your fears away. See the light ahead, right ahead. There's a moonlit night ahead. Everyone, come on have fun. All's well!
* [repeated line] There's a giant on the beach!
* [he and the guards have Prince David on the ground with their swords pointing at him, but are blown backwards and Gulliver's hand appears, rescues Prince David and hides] Where is he? Where did he go? [to Princess Glory] Concealing a spy - and at a time of war too. That makes it worse. [Princess Glory turns away from him; to the guards] Carry on with the search, men! [Gulliver picks Princess Glory up without him noticing; turns around] Mind you, your father'll hear this! [realizes that Princess Glory has disappeared]

## Glory

* Faithful remember, that whatever I do, I'm always faithful, my love. Faithful, with all my soul and thankful for you, Who came from heaven above. We'll dance tonight together, On a world with me we'll find. So I'll be faithful and faithful as I. Promise to be, and you'll be mine, all mine.

## David

* Forever, forever, There won't be anyone but you. Remember I'm true, my sweet. Forever, forever, You'll share in everything I do, And keep smiling through, my sweet. I'll have just you here in my heart, And I'll trust you though we're apart. So, forever, forever, My guiding angel you will be, So always have faith in me.

## Gulliver

* Come now, don't let my size frighten you.
* [looking around the town square] Well, well. Where's everyone gone? [the people of Lilliput quickly close their doors and windows] This is no way to treat a harmless visitor. [moved by this, the people of Lilliput open their doors and windows again]
* I hear a dream all day A dream that calls to me Come home again you sailor man, sailor man Home again to the sea.
* Two hearts and a wedding broken by a melody? Incredible! Hold on! I have an idea that might turn this malice into a melody! Sing "Faithful" and "Forever" together, as one song!
* Poor, poor, foolish little people. Look what you've done. Now go ahead, break your nutshell heads over your songs! But did you have to break Glory's heart, King Little? Because you were thoughtless and selfish...and you, Bombo! O mighty warrior...what have you won? You were too stubborn to think. Too busy quarreling to lend ear to the harmony that might have been yours. But now in your sorrow and despair, perhaps you'll listen to your songs as they might be sung.

## Dialogue

    [First title card]
    Scroll: I, Lemuel Gulliver, give thee a most faithful history of my most interesting adventure in the south sea. On the 5th day of November, 1699, having reached latitude 30 degrees - two minutes south - a storm of great fury suddenly...
    [The rest cannot be seen]
    First Guard: The king, has visitors!
    Second Guard: Don't you know they're signing a wedding contract?
    Gabby: There's a giant on the beach! [the first guard slams the lantern door on him; mumbles]
    King Little: [sighs his name; hands the quill to Bombo] Your Majesty...
    King Bombo: [takes the quill] Thank you, Your Majesty. [reads] "Marriage contract. King Little of Liliput betroths his daughter, Princess Glory, [Glory walks towards David, hand in hand] to Prince David, son of Bombo, King of Blefescu"! Quite in order. Write: "King Bombo". [signs his name].
    King Bombo: Well, that's it, you little rascal, you! We did it!
    King Little: Yes!
    King Little: [sniffs; wipes his tears] My only little daughter. I dread losing her.
    King Bombo: Huh, buck up there old boy, you're not losing a daughter. You're gaining a son... [tearfully] My son, David! [takes the handkerchief from Little, blows his nose with a honk, and gives it back to him]
    King Little: War. Hah-hah! Rolls off my back like a duck.
    Gabby: But I'm tryin' to tell ya!
    King Little: Speak up!
    Gabby: There's a - There's a-
    King Little: What's on your mind?
    Gabby: [facepalms; then turns red] I said...
    King Little: Speak up man.
    Gabby: ...There's a giant on the beach! There's a giant on the beach!
    King Little: For heaven's sake, Gabby! Button your mouth! Can't you see I have a war on my hands?! Now, be off with you! Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoo!
    Gabby: A war?! Do you suppose he could be a - a spy?
    King Little: [mumbling] Or they outta be with patient I should think. [startled] Who's a spy?! Who's a spy?!
    Gabby: [turns blue in the face] THE GIANT ON THE BEACH!
    King Little: [pops his head behind his throne] Giant? Giant?! Why don't you tell me these things?! Well, do something about it! Don't stand there! Go! Sic the dogs on him! Fetch him to me at once!
    Gulliver: Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Gulliver, your Majesty; Lemuel Gulliver. A shipwrecked sailor. [salutes] At your service!
    King Little: [salutes] Ah! Welcome to Liliput, Mr. Gulliver. [beat]. Mr. Gulliver, can you fight?
    Gulliver: Well, your Majesty, I can make anyone on my side.
    King Little: Ah, splendid, splendid! I don't think Bombo's going to give us any sort of trouble while you're around here; no sir! [aside] He's on our side, Gabby. [addresses the crowd] He's on our side! There's no need to fear! Gulliver's on our side!
    Princess Glory: David, look! Gulliver's Thunder Machine.
    [Sneak, Snoop and Snitch are trying to kill Gulliver with his own giant pistol]
    Prince David: [noticed this] Wait here, Glory. [jumps on his horse and runs off to stop them]
    Princess Glory: David?

## See also

* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Walt Disney Productions, 1937) – the first American animated feature film
* The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Germany, 1926) – the first animated feature film

## External links

* Gulliver's Travels quotes at the Internet Movie Database