Adventure in the Bronx (1941)
Six-year-old Sweeney takes his toy elephant and runs away from home to live a life of adventure in the Bronx Zoo.
- Date of release
- 1941-08-23
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 12m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Joseph Krumgold
Casting
- John Kieran — Narrator (voice)
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Adventure in the Bronx is a 1941 American short documentary film directed by Joseph Krumgold and produced for the New York Zoological Society. It tells the story of a boy exploring a zoo. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The film was later reissued by Warner Bros. under the name Sweeney Steps Out in the Hollywood Novelties series. Joseph Krumgold later wrote the book Sweeney's Adventure based on the film.
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