Ali Baba🐪 (1936) – ComiColor Cartoon (Ub Iwerks)

Описание: A vibrant, color-rich take on the classic Arabian Nights tale! When Ali Baba stumbles upon a secret stash of treasure guarded by magical forces, clever tricks and colorful antics follow in this whimsical 1930s animated adaptation.

Ali Baba (1936) is a ComiColor Cartoon produced by Ub Iwerks and released as part of the Iwerks Studio’s standalone color cartoon series distributed by Celebrity Pictures. The ComiColor series brought fairy tales and classic stories to life in rich Cinecolor animation — and Ali Baba is one of the standout entries from the final year of the series.

In this vibrant short, the familiar story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves gets a playful, animated twist. Ali Baba discovers the magical “open sesame” cave filled with treasure, setting off a chaotic chase involving hidden riches, bumbling bandits, and a series of clever escapes. The cartoon showcases Iwerks’ inventive use of color and movement, making it both a delightful fairy-tale adaptation and a colorful example of mid-1930s independent animation.

Today, Ali Baba is appreciated by collectors and animation history fans as part of the rare ComiColor series — a unique competitor to other color cartoons of the era like Disney’s Silly Symphonies and Fleischer’s Color Classics — and one of the few that captures that early color-cartoon spirit so distinctively.

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