''King for a Day'' is a 1940 animated

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

featuring

Gabby Gabby is a given name, usually a short form of Gabriel or Gabrielle or Gabriella. Gabby or Gabbie may refer to: People with the name * Gabby Chaves (born 1993), Colombian-American racing driver * Guy Gabaldon (also "Gabby"; 1926–2006 ...

released by

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

in the

Max Fleischer Max Fleischer (born Majer Fleischer ; July 19, 1883 – September 25, 1972) was an American animator, inventor, film director and producer, and studio founder and owner. Born in Kraków, Fleischer immigrated to the United States where he became ...

Cartoon series. The cartoon was released on October 18, 1940. It was the first entry of the Gabby series, the spin-off cartoon series of

Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...

Plot

King Little has received a letter which says "Dear Majesty, please be at home today. I have orders to shoot you. Sincerely yours." He asks Gabby if he would like to be king for a day and Gabby accepts, not knowing that he may be in danger.

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* * 1940 animated films 1940 short films Paramount Pictures short films American comedy short films 1940s American animated films Fleischer Studios short films Short films directed by Dave Fleischer American animated short films Films about kings Film spin-offs {{1940s-short-animation-film-stub