''Broken Toys'' is an 8-minute 1935 animation by

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in the Silly Symphonies series. The toys in the story include caricatures of

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, Ned Sparks and Stepin Fetchit. ''Broken Toys'' was originally scheduled to follow ''

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'' and '' Three Little Wolves'' but was moved ahead of these titles in order to have it ready for a Christmas release.Karl F. Cohen ''Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators'' 1476607257 - 2013 "An Internet-posted list of images cut from Disney films mentions that black dolls were cut from Broken Toys (1935), Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930), Night Before Christmas (1933), Santas Workshop (1932), and Three Orphan Kittens (1935)."

Plot

In the pile of overused and broken toys, a discarded sailor doll gives the other toys, including an

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and Stepin Fetchit doll, a plan on how they can be repaired and bring happiness to others during

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Voice cast

* Boy doll: Tommy Bupp * Girl doll: Leone LeDoux *

: Scott Whitaker *

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, Mae West: Martha Wentworth * Cop: Bud Duncan * Misc. voices:

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, Leo Cleary, Frank Nelson, Ted Osborne,

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, Shirley Reed, Mandy Peters

Home media

The short was released on December 19, 2006, on '' Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two'' in the "From the Vault" section.

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* 1935 films 1935 short films 1935 animated films 1930s Disney animated short films Films produced by Walt Disney Silly Symphonies Films directed by Ben Sharpsteen 1930s Christmas films Films about sentient toys Cultural depictions of W. C. Fields Cultural depictions of Mae West 1930s American films {{1930s-Disney-animation-film-stub

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