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The Old Mill (1937)

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We see the various birds, mice, and bats that have moved into an old windmill, followed by the frogs, crickets, and fireflies making their music in an adjacent pond. Then a storm comes, ... See full summary »

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We see the various birds, mice, and bats that have moved into an old windmill, followed by the frogs, crickets, and fireflies making their music in an adjacent pond. Then a storm comes, shaking loose parts in mill and threatening everything we've seen. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>

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bird | windmill | storm | bat | pond | See more »


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5 November 1937 (USA)  »

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Az öreg malom  »

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(RCA Sound System)

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(Technicolor)

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1.37 : 1
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Included as an extra in the Disney DVD of Bambi. See more »

Goofs

The cog where the bird has her nest normally has a shaft and raised hub. When the rope breaks and the cog starts to spin, the shaft and hub are gone. They reappear in the next shot, but the shaft-less cog is seen in some shots soon after. See more »

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Featured in The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature (2000) See more »

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"One Day When We Were Young"
by Johann Strauß
Played by orchestra and hummed by chorus in several places throughout the cartoon
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Powerful 8 minutes of music and quality animation
1 January 2006 | by (Bath, England) – See all my reviews

'The Old Mill' was a short Disney film (about 8 minutes long) that the animators created to aid them in the production of 'Bambi'. I saw this on the Disney channel when I was younger, and the animation is so powerful that it stuck with me. Now, I've watched it again as a clip provided on the 'Bambi' DVD. The clip features several creatures that live in and around an old mill, and there is a storm. All of the events taking place are done to powerful music from the singing of the frogs to the storm, and there are no speaking parts. It's purely nature and Disney animation at its best. Hopefully, a greater appreciation for nature can be learned through this film as I think it is something taken for granted by most today. And it is amazing that an animation can be so powerful through minimalisation and sound. It's much better quality than some of the computer-animated clutter. Wonderful.


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