The Birth of a Toothpick(1939)

movie - first aired/released 1939-05-01 - audience 8.0

Directed by Burt Gillett

Dauntless Dan’s infatuation with an tree he has named Sylvia. Dan is a hero on a fool’s crusade. He is filled with self-absorption, admiring his reflection in a pond while declaring “You can’t turn Sylvia into toothpicks!”