Tulips Shall Grow

Tulips Shall Grow is a 1942 American animated short film in the Puppetoons series, directed by George Pal and starring Rex Ingram and Victor Jory.^[1] It was released by Paramount Pictures^[2] and originally photographed in 3-strip Technicolor. It later became the black-and-white edition by National Telefilm Associates.

Tulips Shall Grow
Directed by	George Pal (uncredited)
Story by	Cecil Beard George Pal Jack Miller (all uncredited) Originated by: George Pal
Produced by	George Pal
Cinematography	George Pal
Music by	Eddison von Ottenfeld
Animation by	Chief animator: Ray Harryhausen (uncredited)
Layouts by	Character designer: Wah Chang (uncredited)
Color process	Black and White (black-and-white edition by National Telefilm Associates) Technicolor (original 3-strip Technicolor)
Production company	George Pal Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 26, 1942 (1942-01-26)
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A Dutch boy named Jan and a Dutch girl named Janette find their idyllic existence destroyed when they are overrun by a group of Nazi-like mechanical men called "The Screwballs", who lay waste to everything they touch. The Screwballs are later destroyed by a thunderstorm (the rain of which causes them to rust) and Jan and Janette's idyllic life resumes.^[3]

Reception

The cartoon was nominated for the Oscar for Best Short Subject, Cartoons. In 1997, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[4][5]

It was also included in the 1987 compilation film The Puppetoon Movie.^[6]