To the tune of The Nutcracker, a number of elves do all the work in a shoe shop.To the tune of The Nutcracker, a number of elves do all the work in a shoe shop.To the tune of The Nutcracker, a number of elves do all the work in a shoe shop.
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- TriviaThe boot marked "4 F" refers to the military term meaning that a registrant is not acceptable for military service. To be eligible for Class 4-F, a registrant must have been found not qualified for service in the Armed Forces under the established physical, mental, or moral standards. In this case, the physical limitation is fallen arches or "flat feet," which the elf corrects, allowing the boot to be reclassified as "1-A" (available for military service).
- GoofsAll entries contain spoilers
- ConnectionsFeatured in ToonHeads: A ToonHeads Special: The Wartime Cartoons (2001)
- SoundtracksWaltz, Op. 34, No. 2 in A minor
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Music by Frédéric Chopin
Played during the opening sequence
Featured review
Are you shoe about this? I am!
Among the greatest Warner Bros. cartoons were the ones putting the action to music. One example is Friz Freleng's "Holiday for Shoestrings", taking the children's story of the shoe cobbler whose work gets secretly done by elves, and having the elves work to the "Nutcracker" music...with a few gags along the way. If you ask me, this is the way to get people into the holiday spirit; don't bombard people with that awful music and advertising that we have to experience every November and December. This cartoon (plus "Gremlins", "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" and "The Ref") create the perfect amount of yuletide feeling. Just recently became available on DVD on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5 Disc 2.
PS: one of the elves looked a little bit like Elmer Fudd.
PS: one of the elves looked a little bit like Elmer Fudd.
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- lee_eisenberg
- Dec 21, 2007
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By what name was Holiday for Shoestrings (1946) officially released in Canada in English?
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