Social Lion is a Walt Disney-produced animated short film directed by Jack Kinney, 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.Social Lion (1954) - The Internet Animation Database
Synopsis A safari captures a lion in Africa, but his cage falls off the boat once he arrives in the US. The lion gets out of his cage, but fails to intimidate anyone, even several people interact with him 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 Clarence Nash - 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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