The Insect Play (1939)
Synopsis
A tramp falls asleep in the woods. He dreams of observing a range of insects that stand in for various human characteristics in terms of their lifestyle and morality: the flighty, vain butterfly, the obsequious, self-serving dung beetle, the ants, whose increasingly mechanized behavior leads to a militaristic society.
Release Date: 1939-05-29
Runtime: 90 minutes
Director: Stephen Thomas
Top Cast
- Wilfrid Grantham as The Lepidopterist / First Snail
- Edmund Willard as The Tranp
- Pamela Standish as The Chrysalis
- Frank Birch as Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
- Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
- Charles Peters as Robber Beetle/Journalist
- Rupert Bruce Lockhart as The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
- Sheila Kay as The Larva
- Leslie French as Mr. Cricket / Second Snail
- Wendy Toye as Mrs. Cricket
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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