The Insect Play

The Insect Play (1939)

7.0 90 min Movie
MusicDrama

A tramp falls asleep in the woods. He dreams of observing a range of insects that stand in for various human characteristics in terms of their lifestyle and morality: the flighty, vain butterfly, the obsequious, self-serving dung beetle, the ants, whose increasingly mechanized behavior leads to a militaristic society.

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Cast

Wilfrid Grantham Wilfrid Grantham The Lepidopterist / First Snail
Edmund Willard Edmund Willard The Tranp
Pamela Standish Pamela Standish The Chrysalis
Frank Birch Frank Birch Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
Maire O'Neill Maire O'Neill Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
Charles Peters Charles Peters Robber Beetle/Journalist
Rupert Bruce Lockhart Rupert Bruce Lockhart The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
Sheila Kay Sheila Kay The Larva
Leslie French Leslie French Mr. Cricket / Second Snail
Wendy Toye Wendy Toye Mrs. Cricket
Wilfred Franks Wilfred Franks The Blind Ant Timekeeper
Geoffrey Wincott Geoffrey Wincott The Parasite

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