The Reluctant Dragon
Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process. From TMDB
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31 of 31 · most liked firstStoryboard sequence of Ward Kimball flipping through a stack of animation paper - from Disney's THE RELUCTANT DRAGON (1941). Not entirely sure if Ward himself drew these or J.P. Miller, who actually did the boards for the BABY WEEMS segment from the same film. #wardsmorguefile
unlabelledView post →The Reluctant Dragon – The Reluctant Dragon – Jun. 1941 Days of #Disney - Day 4 yes this is a film that the animation department worked on so it counts
unlabelledView post →I grew up watching “The Reluctant Dragon” and to see props from the film while visiting the studio was such a thrill. It was fun tonight to rewatch the film and see places I visited! #waltdisneystudios
unlabelledView post →Big, effeminate chonkers from Didney's 1941 film, "The Reluctant Dragon". #anthro #furry #furryart #disney
unlabelledView post →Fun fact: the talking train Casey Jr first appears in the early 1941 Disney film The Reluctant Dragon. This means that his appearance in Dumbo in October 1941, with his song "Casey Jr's Back", is one of the first recorded instances of a Glup Shitto
unlabelledView post →Smaugust 2025 Day 15: From a Movie Here is a redraw of Disney's the Reluctant Dragon poster with my version of the Reluctant Dragon, named Max, G-Frost (my fursona), and Ace from Ace and the Call of Cthulhu. #Smaugust #Smaugust2025 #Movie #Disney #Dragons #Fanart
unlabelledView post →Directed by Art Vitello This episode shows us how traditional cel animation was made from start to finish. It is almost a homage to the 1941 film, "The Reluctant Dragon" down to Plucky Duck as the farmer. @animanicast.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →That is the peppiest dragon I've ever seen!!! 💖😍💖 I love her, I would watch a whole movie of Charlie the Dragon. She is the opposite of The Reluctant Dragon! 🤣🤣🤣
unlabelledView post →Did Disney invent the "making-of" doc? And what does that have to do with vaudeville, the Natural History Museum of New York, and the blue bar at the Algonquin? The latest in my essays on the history of Disney, one film at a time: The Reluctant Dragon. open.substack.com/pub/rmwhitta...
unlabelledView post →The Walt Disney Museum in the S.F. Presidio has one such camera on display. It’s massive! Their film “The Reluctant Dragon” fills half the runtime with an explanation of their production process. It made the rounds on Reddit 15 years or so ago: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdHT...
unlabelledView post →Disney was a lot more active in World War II. Propaganda and other war-related films aside, some of the nose and patch art were official and donations from Disney. https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196132/disney-pins-on-wings/ >Walt Disney Productions created approximately 1,200 designs during World War II for both American and Allied military units. Designs were also created for other organizations such as civil defense and war industries.…
unlabelledView post →I think that The Reluctant Dragon deserves to have a feature-length film. If Ferdinand can expand its story to a feature-length film, I'm sure that The Reluctant Dragon would do the same. My ★★★½ review of The Reluctant Dragon on Letterboxd boxd.it/b0pDWV
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching The Reluctant Dragon (1941) #Filmsky #Movies #Disney+
unlabelledView post →Reminds me of the dragon in that old Disney movie The Reluctant Dragon.
unlabelledView post →#movies The Reluctant Dragon (1941) — I have a goal to watch all of Disney's animated films, and I suppose this should be included. This is about two-thirds middling documentary (about how they make animated films) and one-third cartoon shorts of varying quality.
unlabelledView post →Watched the movie The Reluctant Dragon (1941). It was good. I liked the production processes being shown in fun ways, the animated segments, as well as the transition to color around 1/3 in. I liked the dragon, they were cute. #disney #cartoons
unlabelledView post →🎬 The Top 4 Comedy Movies Released on June 20! What's your fave? 1. Ghostlight 2. The Reluctant Dragon 3. Camp Rock 4. Think Like a Man Too Check out all 51 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Comedy
unlabelledView post →Are you queering The Reluctant Dragon? Please tell me you’re queering The Reluctant Dragon! (That story is so implicitly queer already and the Disney film. 😅)
unlabelledView post →Today at the Substack, I'm kicking off the Disney100 essay series for paid subscribers, diving into hybrid films from Disney. And what better way to start than with the strangest movie Disney has ever made, The Reluctant Dragon? https://mousterpiece.substack.com/p/disney100-the-reluctant-dragon
unlabelledView post →🎬 The Top 4 Comedy Movies Released on June 20! What's your fave? 1. Ghostlight 2. The Reluctant Dragon 3. Camp Rock 4. Think Like a Man Too Check out all 51 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Comedy
unlabelledView post →4. The Reluctant Dragon (1941) this was more of a live action film than an animated one it was a cool way to see the behind the scenes of what i believe is the real disney animation studio at the time the animation itself in the last third was nothing that special or memorable imo
unlabelledView post →The Reluctant Dragon was apparently about a guy visiting Disney's studio to pitch a movie about a dragon, and after spending some time touring the studio and seeing the animation process, he finally meets Walt to pitch the film...to find they've already made the same film. It didn't make much sense
unlabelledView post →And obviously, the Reluctant Dragon segment itself (which ends the film) is a ton of fun. There's some solid comedic bits, the charm of Disney's 40s animation is on full display, and the dragon was a lot fruitier than I expected. I really liked him, though!
unlabelledView post →Watching The Reluctant Dragon in my Disney animated movie watch. It’s really half-animated/half-live action. The main character you follow is a dickhead. Not a fan. But a lot of it is cool because it shows how Disney movies are made (sort of)!
unlabelledView post →The eponymous short "The Reluctant Dragon" is far and away the highlight of this hodgepodge package film, so I'll just recommend watching that. It's just a Ferdinand the Bull type story, but with a campy dragon and silly old knight who just want to drink tea and recite poetry.
unlabelledView post →The (movie) The Reluctant Dragon (HD/HDX) (SD) is available today on (Vudu) (US) for $5 Cast: Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Nana Bryant, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Norman Ferguson Genre: (Animation) (Movies Anywhere) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-reluct...
unlabelledView post →When I got the idea for her, I had never watched 'The Reluctant Dragon' but apparently that's a Disney film also based on a version of the St. George myth! Though, her personality is closer to the original telling. She can't exactly wear a uniform, so she had a collar like Grim's made.
unlabelledView post →If a movie was in a series, I'd try to watch that series, and that basically ended up adding up to watching Walt Disney Animation stuff in order for a while. Movies and Shorts. The Reluctant Dragon, all I remember is the racist caricatures in Baby Weems haha. I think about that more than Dumbo.
unlabelledView post →Actually kinda wanting to track down The Reluctant Dragon Disney film now...
unlabelledView post →4) The Reluctant Dragon (1941) ⭐️ the lack of security on the walt disney studios lot is WILD also they pitch an odd cross between boss baby + young sheldon in this movie also WOW THAT ONE SCENE WAS A CHOICE THAT ILLUSTRATION WAS A CHOICE 😕😧
unlabelledView post →Welcome back to another episode of Disney Movie Muses! This time around we watched the 1941 live action and animated anthology film The Reluctant Dragon.
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