Editing Flowers and Trees (section)

{{short description|1932 Silly Symphony cartoon}}
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{{Infobox film
| name              = Flowers and Trees
| image             = File:Silly symphony.jpg
| alt               = 
| caption           = Theatrical release poster
| director          = [[Burt Gillett]]
| producer          = [[Walt Disney]]
| story             = 
| narrator          = 
| starring          = Ester Campbell<br />[[Pinto Colvig]]<br />Marion Darlington<br />Walt Disney
| music             = {{ubl|[[Frank Churchill]]|[[Bert Lewis]]}}
| animator          = [[Les Clark]]<br />[[David Hand (animator)|David Hand]]<br />[[Tom Palmer (animator)|Tom Palmer]]
| layout_artist     = 
| background_artist = 
| studio            = [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]
| distributor       = [[United Artists]]
| released          = {{Film date|1932|07|30}}
| color_process     = [[Technicolor]]
| runtime           = 8 minutes<ref>{{cite book|last1=Heraldson|first1=Donald|title=Creators of Life|date=1975|publisher=Drake|page=251}}</ref>
| country           = United States
| language          = English
}}

'''''Flowers and Trees''''' is a ''[[Silly Symphonies]]'' [[animated]] [[short film]] produced by [[Walt Disney]], directed by [[Burt Gillett]], and released to theatres by [[United Artists]] on July 30, 1932.<ref name="symphony1">{{cite book |last1=Merritt |first1=Russell |last2=Kaufman |first2=J. B. |year=2016 |title=Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series |location=Glendale, CA |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Disney Editions]] |pages=112–113 |isbn=978-1-4847-5132-9}}</ref> It was the first commercially released film to be produced in the full-color three-strip [[Technicolor]] process<ref name="Robertson">{{cite book|last1=Robertson|first1=Patrick|title=Robertson's Book of Firsts|date=2011|publisher=Bloomsbury|location=London|isbn=978-1608197385|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TEEaCrPiWsC|access-date=May 24, 2017}}</ref> after several years of two-color Technicolor films. The film was a commercial and critical success, winning the first [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Academy Award for Best Cartoon Short Subject]].<ref name=symphony1/>

In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/national-film-registry-2021-list-star-wars-return-of-the-jedi-fellowship-of-the-ring-sounder-nightmare-on-elm-street-wall-e-1234890666/|title=National Film Registry Adds ''Return Of The Jedi'', ''Fellowship Of The Ring'', ''Strangers On A Train'', ''Sounder'', ''WALL-E'' & More|date=December 14, 2021|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=December 14, 2021}}</ref>