Tom Thumb vs the Worm

Tom Thumb (from the Ub Iwerks cartoon of the same name) decides to go fishing with his dad but needs a worm for bait. The worm has other ideas.



Whoever animated this scene uses little motion lines as the battle carries on.



The Iwerks director tried to get the most he could out of the Cinecolor red/blue pallet. I like the swirls here as the worm laughs.



The worm twirls Tom Thumb in perspective and tosses him into the water.



No animators are credited here; just musical director Carl Stalling, though reader Devon Baxter says Irv Spence is the artist here.