Jan from Animated Film <i>Tulips Shall Grow</i> by George Pal
name: label: maker; producer
content: Pal, George
label: user
content: Walter Lantz Productions
label: maker
content: Pal, George
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Jan is a brightly painted wooden doll with blond hair dressed in traditional Dutch clothing and wearing a black hat. He was created by George Pal for his 1942 production <i>Tulips Shall Grow</i>, an anti-war parody of the rise of the Nazi regime in Europe. This was one of Pal's earliest movies made in the United States. Regarded as an historically significant film, <i>Tulips Shall Grow</i> was nominated to the National Film Registry in 1997 and placed in the archives of the Library of Congress.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In this film, a Dutch couple enjoying Holland's beautiful landscape with its windmills and tulips witness the invasion of the Nazis that terrorizes the countryside and causes death and destruction in this beautiful country. Literally made to look like nuts, bolts, and screws, the shape and stance of these animated figures represent the rigid and combative mentality of the Nazi soldiers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: Subject
content: Animation
label: general subject association
content: Motion Pictures
label: Subject
content: World War II
label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Movies
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Elisabeth Pal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0361.06
label: accession number
content: 1983.0361
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0361.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: figure, animation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 7 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 38.1 cm x 19.685 cm x 10.795 cm