It’s Christmas in June! If you’re a fan of Toy Story 3 (and who isn’t?), Broken Toys shows how Disney handled similar material 75 years earlier! Instead of a cowboy doll, the hero of this piece is a sailor, a discarded doll who helps the other toys in the dump (including some caricatures of popular Hollywood figures) get fixed up for a new life. The animation, under the direction of Ben Sharpsteen, is top-notch, and the score by Albert Hay Malotte perfectly underscores the action. Malotte’s song “We’re Gonna Get Outta The Dumps” is a catchy example of 1930’s pop songwriting.
