Peace on Earth (film)
Peace on Earth is a onereel 1939 MetroGoldwynMayer cartoon short directed by Hugh Harman, about a postapocalyptic world populated only by animals.
According to Hugh Harmans obituary in the New York Times and Ben Mankiewicz, host of Cartoon Alley, the cartoon was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. However, it is not listed in the official Nobel Prize nomination database. Mankiewicz also claimed that the cartoon was the first about a serious subject by a major studio. In 1994, it was votedof the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. It was also nominated for the 1939 Academy Award for Short Subjects Cartoons. It did not claim that honor which instead went to Walt Disneys Silly Symphony The Ugly Duckling.Fred Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera remade the cartoon in CinemaScope in 1955. This postWorld War II version of the film, entitled Good Will to Men, featured updated and even more destructive forms of warfare technology such as flamethrowers, bazookas, missiles and nuclear weapons. This version used a choir of mice as the main characters including a Deacon mouse who tell the story to his charges voiced by Daws Butleruncredited, and also had more direct religious references though the Bible is simply referred to as the book of humans rules in both, Good Will to Men includes a reference to the New Testament, while Peace on Earth only includes verses from the Old Testament. This new version was also nominated for the Best Animated Short Subject Oscar. This was the only nonTom and Jerry CinemaScope cartoon shorts to be produced by Fred Quimby before he went into retirement. ........
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