
City of Wax
Documentary
Overview
City of Wax is a 1934 American short documentary film produced by Horace and Stacy Woodard about the life of a bee. It won the Oscar at the 7th Academy Awards in 1935 for Best Short Subject (Novelty). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the UCLA Film and Television Archive in 2007.
Keywords
insect
nature
bee
Reviews(1)
7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967June 27, 2025
7
7/10
And here was me looking for Boris Karloff! Nope, this actually quite a compelling and violent short documentary that looks at the life of bees in their hive as a change of reign beckons. With the older queen running out of eggs, the worker bees make arrangements for a new one, encased in royal jelly…
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