Gulliver's Travels (1939)
In 1937, Walt Disney released “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” creating the first animated feature film in cinematic history. And with this movie there were hundreds of animated films to follow in its footsteps. One of the next animated movies to follow “Snow White” was 1939's “Gulliver's Travels” made by Max and Dave Fleischer. This film is notable as the first animated movie to be released by a different studio other than Disney. And while not a cultural impact was made with this movie like the Disney masterpiece was, it still is interesting. Based off the novel by Jonathan Swift and using the first section of the book, the movie is perfectly aimed at family audiences. However, it focuses mainly on the characters rather than the actual story. “Gulliver's Travels” is a nice animated film, but falls short when compared to “Snow White”. The story has Lemuel Gulliver being shipwrecked on an undisclosed island after a terrible storm. He then falls asleep, stranded on...