The Calico Dragon (1935)

A young girl is regaling her toys with stories of a legendary and fearsome dragon when she dozes off to sleep. That gives her brave rag doll and his trusty steed just the opportunity that they need, and so together with their terrier they set off to find and confront this menacing creature. When they finally get to it’s castle, after a little mischief along the way, they discover it has three heads! What hope they can defeat it? It’s all obviously set amidst the chintzy world of the girl’s patchwork bedding with some musical proof that it wasn’t just Col. Sanders who could rhyme chicken with lickin’. The animation is a bit muted, but it’s still quite a fun illustration of just how our imagination could be left to do a lot of the work if we had a good book to set the scene for us. Not great, but still quite charming.