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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

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  • [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 him] 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 Gabby noticing] Mind you, your father will hear this! [sees Princess Glory has disappeared]
  • [having read King Bombo's letter] Guards! Guards! Guards! Guards! Bombo's attacking! Bombo's attacking! It's war! Bombo's attacking! [Neighbor: "What?!"] Bombo's attacking! It's war! It's war! To the beach! To the beach!

Glory

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Come now, don't let my size frighten you.
  • [looking around the town square] Well, well. Where's everyone gone? [the people of Lilliput close their doors and windows] This is no way to treat a harmless visitor. [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

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[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; he mumbles:] Whoop! Whoa! There's a giant on the beach!
King Little: [signs his name; hands the quill to Bombo] Your Majesty...
King Bombo: [takes the quill] Thank you, Your Majesty. [reads] "Marriage contract. King Little of Lilliput 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: That's "Faithful", the song of Lilliput. It will be played at the wedding tomorrow.
King Bombo: What's that? "Faithful"?! Oh, no, no! "Forever", the song of Blefescu, must be played at the wedding!
King Little: But Bombo! "Faithful" is always played at our weddings! It's tradition, sir! And it's very pretty!
King Bombo: Ah, yes; a pleasant little ditty, but hardly appropriate for this great occasion! But "Forever"! There's a song for you! Ho-ho!
King Little: Humph. "Faithful" will be played.
King Bombo: Bonno [sic]. Absolute bonno! It must be "Forever".
King Little: "Faithful".
King Bombo: "Forever".
King Little: "Faithful".
King Bombo: "Forever".
King Little: "Faithful".
King Bombo: It will be "Forever", or there will be no wedding!
King Little: No wedding?! But the cake and the pretty flowers… O, Bombo, you'll love "Faithful". [hums; tries to dance with Bombo; Bombo disentangles himself]
King Bombo: It's war! [smashes the cake; storms out; turns; hesitates; Gabby rushes past him; the guards seize Bombo instead; he fights them off] It's war!
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: [smacks face; turns red] I said...
King Little: Speak up, man.
Gabby: I said... There's a giant on the beach! There's a giant on the beach!
King Little: For heaven's sake, Gabby! Button your mouth! Now, be off with you! Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoo! Can't you see I have a war on my hands?!
Gabby: A war?! Do you suppose he could be a - a spy?
King Little: [mumbling] Or they oughta be more patient I should think… [startled] Who's a spy?! Who's a spy?!
Gabby: THE GIANT ON THE BEACH! [turns blue in the face]
King Little: [from 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!
Gabby: Your Majesty! I've got the giant.
King Little: The giant? Oh, yes, the giant. Well, bring him in, bring him in!
Gabby: Okay, okay. [beat] Your Majesty, I don't believe he'd fit in here!
King Little: Oh, you don't, hmn? So, it's not good enough for him, hmn? Now, where is he?
Gabby: Out there, your Majesty!
Gulliver: Well! What have we here? A man. A tiny man. Hold on there, mate! Nobody's going to hurt you.
Gabby: Help! Let me down! [bursts into tears]
King Little: Drop that! Drop that!
Gulliver: Well! Another one! Who're you?
King Little: Who, me? Why, I'm King around here! Guards! Guards! To the turrets! Take aim at the giant! Surround the giant! Guards!
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 Lilliput, 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! The Man-Mountain's on our side!
Gabby: Ahoy, mate! Ahoy, ahoy! I'm a regular sailor-boy! I owned a boat, a beauty too, just as big as… just as big as… as big as your shoe!
Gulliver: My, my.
Gabby: Aye, aye.
Sneak: Now, he's a dead duck!
[They send a letter to King Bombo].
King Bombo: [reads] "The giant will be a dead duck". Hah! Now we are getting at somewhere! [writes] "Dear Spies: destroy, crush, obliterate, annihilate! Kill him. I will attack at dawn! Make everything ready for that. –Bombo".
King Little: To defend Lilliput!
Soldiers: To defend Lilliput!
King Little: Yes; forward march!
Soldiers: [singing] All together now; all together now…
Princess Glory: David, look! Gulliver's Thunder Machine.
[Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch are trying to kill Gulliver with his own pistol]
Prince David: Wait here, Glory. [jumps on his horse and rides off to stop them]
Princess Glory: David!
Sneak: Now pull! Pull!

Cast

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See also

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