''Social Lion'' is a Walt Disney-produced animated short film directed by

Jack Kinney John Ryan Kinney (March 29, 1909 – February 9, 1992)Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 was an American animator, director and producer of animated shorts. Kinney is the older brother of fellow Disney animator Dick Kinney. Early life Jack Kinney was bor ...

, released by Buena Vista on October 15, 1954. The film was written by Milt Schaffer and Dick Kinney and animated entirely by Disney veteran Norm Ferguson.

Synopsis

A safari captures a lion in Africa, but the lion's cage falls off the boat once it arrives in the US. The lion gets out of the cage but fails to intimidate anyone, even several people interact with it in places such as a bus or a bar. In the end, the lion is captured by a group of policemen and taken to a zoo.

Cast

* Stan Freberg - Lion (uncredited) * Paul Frees - Lions Club President / Drunkards / Clothing Salesman (voice) (uncredited) * James MacDonald - Lion (roaring) (voice) (uncredited)

Home media

The DVD " Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts: 1920s–1960s" featured this short.Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts: 1920s–1960s
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References

{{Disney's Short films 1954 animated films 1950s Disney animated short films Films directed by Jack Kinney Films produced by Walt Disney Films scored by Oliver Wallace 1950s English-language films Animated films about lions Animated films set in the United States Animated films set in Africa