Editing Tulips Shall Grow

{{short description|1942 American animated short film directed by George Pal}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Tulips Shall Grow
| director = [[George Pal]] (uncredited)
| producer = George Pal
| story = Cecil Beard<br />George Pal<br />Jack Miller (all uncredited)<br />'''Originated by:'''<br />[[George Pal]] 
| music = Eddison von Ottenfeld
| animator = '''Chief animator:'''<br />[[Ray Harryhausen]] (uncredited)
| layout_artist = '''Character designer:'''<br />[[Wah Chang]] (uncredited)
| cinematography = George Pal
| released = {{Film date|1942|01|26}}
| studio = George Pal Productions
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| color_process = [[Black and white|Black and White]] (black-and-white edition by [[National Telefilm Associates]])<br />[[Technicolor]] (original 3-strip [[Technicolor]])
| country = United States
| language = English
| runtime = 7 minutes
}}

'''''Tulips Shall Grow''''' is a 1942 American animated short film in the ''[[Puppetoons]]'' series, directed by [[George Pal]] and starring [[Rex Ingram (actor)|Rex Ingram]] and [[Victor Jory]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/84/mode/2up |pages=85–86}}</ref> It was released by [[Paramount Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/tulips.pdf |title=National Film Preservation Board |publisher=www.loc.gov |date= |access-date=2019-11-18}}</ref> and originally photographed in 3-strip [[Technicolor]]. It later became the black-and-white edition by [[National Telefilm Associates]].

==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|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.<ref>[https://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/big-screen/2013/may/07/dig-a-hole-and-emtulips-shall-growem-ray-harryhaus/ Dig a hole and Tulips Shall Grow: Ray Harryhausen|San Diego Reader]</ref>

==Reception==
The cartoon was nominated for the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|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".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/36546-Tulips-Shall-Grow|title=Tulips Shall Grow (Paramount Pictures)|first=The Big Cartoon|last=DataBase|website=Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB)}}{{dead link|date=January 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|website=Library of Congress|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>

It was also included in the 1987 compilation film ''[[The Puppetoon Movie]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article.html|title=The Puppetoon Movie|website=Turner Classic Movies}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/tulips.pdf ''Tulips Shall Grow'' essay by Mark Mayerson at National Film Registry]
* [https://books.google.com/books/about/America_s_Film_Legacy.html?id=deq3xI8OmCkC ''Tulips Shall Grow'' essay] by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 {{ISBN|0826429777}}, pages 346-347
* {{IMDb title|0035476}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090629040722/http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/FT/284/tulips_shall_grow "Tulips Shall Grow" short film at Europa Film Treasures site]

{{Ray Harryhausen}}
{{George Pal}}

[[Category:1942 films]]
[[Category:1940s American animated films]]
[[Category:American animated short films]]
[[Category:Animated films without speech]]
[[Category:American World War II propaganda shorts]]
[[Category:Short films directed by George Pal]]
[[Category:Films set in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:United States National Film Registry films]]
[[Category:Paramount Pictures short films]]
[[Category:Puppetoons]]
[[Category:Stop-motion animated short films]]
[[Category:1942 animated short films]]