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Writers:
Helen Aberson (based on the book by) &
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Release Date:
31 October 1941 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Animation | Family | Musical See more »
Tagline:
Walt Disney's Latest . . . Most Lovable . . . Funable Characters ! See more »
Plot:
Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination See more »
NewsDesk:
(56 articles)
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Short, sweet, and a few pink elephants See more (100 total) »

Cast

  (in alphabetical order) (verified as complete)
James Baskett ... Crow (voice) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Herman Bing ... The Ringmaster (voice) (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher ... Clown (voice) (uncredited)
Edward Brophy ... Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Jim Carmichael ... Crow (voice) (uncredited)
Hall Johnson Choir ... Choral Sounds (uncredited)

Cliff Edwards ... Jim Crow (voice) (uncredited)

Verna Felton ... The Elephant Matriarch / Mrs. Jumbo (voice) (uncredited)
Noreen Gammill ... Catty the Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
Eddie Holden ... Clown (voice) (uncredited)

Sterling Holloway ... Mr. Stork (voice) (uncredited)
Malcolm Hutton ... Skinny (voice) (uncredited)
The King's Men ... Choral Effects (uncredited)
Harold Manley ... Boy (voice) (uncredited)
John McLeish ... Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Tony Neil ... Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Betty Noyes ... Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Dorothy Scott ... Giddy the Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
Sarah Selby ... Prissy the Elephant (voice) (uncredited)
Billy Sheets ... Clown / Joe (voice) (uncredited)
Nick Stewart ... Crow (voice) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Chuck Stubbs ... Boy (voice) (uncredited)
Margaret Wright ... Casey Jr. (voice) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Samuel Armstrong (sequence director) (as Sam Armstrong)
Norman Ferguson (sequence director)
Wilfred Jackson (sequence director)
Jack Kinney (sequence director)
Bill Roberts (sequence director)
Ben Sharpsteen (supervising director)
John Elliotte (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
Helen Aberson (based on the book by) &
Harold Pearl (based on the book by)

Joe Grant (screen story) &
Dick Huemer (screen story)

Otto Englander (story direction)

Bill Peet (story development) &
Aurelius Battaglia (story development) (as Aurie Battaglia) &
Joe Rinaldi (story development) &
Vernon Stallings (story development) (as George Stallings) &
Webb Smith (story development)

Produced by
Walt Disney .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Frank Churchill 
Oliver Wallace 
 
Art Direction by
Don DaGradi  (as Don Da Gradi)
Dick Kelsey 
Ernie Nordli  (as Ernest Nordli)
Kendall O'Connor  (as Ken O'Connor)
Charles Payzant 
Herbert Ryman  (as Herb Ryman)
Terrell Stapp 
Al Zinnen 
Robert Cormack (uncredited)
John Hubley (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Larry Lansburgh .... assistant director (uncredited)
Richard Lyford .... assistant director (uncredited)
Lloyd Richardson .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Jerome Brown .... effects animator (uncredited)
Paul B. Kossoff .... effects animator (uncredited)
Sandy Strother .... effects animator (uncredited)
Don Tobin .... effects animator (uncredited)
 
Animation Department
Art Babbitt .... animation director
James Bodrero .... character designer
Jack Campbell .... animator
Les Clark .... animator
Claude Coats .... backgrounds
Al Dempster .... backgrounds
Hugh Fraser .... animator
John Hench .... backgrounds
Walt Kelly .... animator
Ward Kimball .... animation director
Ray Lockrem .... backgrounds
Hicks Lokey .... animator
John Lounsbery .... animation director
Joshua Meador .... animator (as Josh Meador)
John P. Miller .... character designer
Fred Moore .... animation director
Milt Neil .... animator
Gerald Nevius .... backgrounds
Maurice Noble .... character designer
Art Palmer .... animator
Don Patterson .... animator
Ray Patterson .... animator
Elmer Plummer .... character designer
Martin Provensen .... character designer (as Martin Provenson)
Wolfgang Reitherman .... animation director (as Woolie Reitherman)
William Shull .... animator (as Bill Shull)
Grant Simmons .... animator
Claude Smith .... animator
Joe Stahley .... backgrounds
Howard Swift .... animator
Harvey Toombs .... animator
Don Towsley .... animator
Bill Tytla .... animation director (as Vladimir Tytla)
John Walbridge .... character designer
Bernard Wolf .... animator (as Berny Wolf)
Cy Young .... animator
Stephen Bosustow .... animator (uncredited)
Basil Davidovich .... animator (uncredited)
Phyllis Bounds Detiege .... painter (uncredited)
Ed Fourcher .... animator (uncredited)
Franklin Grundeen .... animator (uncredited)
Van Kaufman .... animator (uncredited)
Eric Larson .... animator (uncredited)
Bill Melendez .... assistant animator (uncredited)
Art Moore .... animator (uncredited)
Paul Murry .... animator (uncredited)
Ed Parks .... animator (uncredited)
Warren Schloat .... animator (uncredited)
Retta Scott .... animator (uncredited)
Frank Thomas .... animation director (uncredited)
Karl Van Leuven .... animator (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Edward H. Plumb .... orchestrator (as Edward Plumb)
Ned Washington .... lyrics
Edmundo Santos .... lyrics: Spanish version (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Walt Disney .... presenter
Dorothy Link .... secretary (uncredited)
Dorris Pugsley .... secretary (uncredited)
Eloise Tobelman .... secretary (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Walt Disney's Dumbo" - USA (poster title)
"Dombo" - Belgium (English title) (video title)
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Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
64 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Canada:G | Denmark:A | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. (cut) | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | Australia:G | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Portugal:M/4 | USA:Approved (certificate #6809) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1972) | Peru:PT | New Zealand:G | USA:G | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:G
Filming Locations:
Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA
Company:
RKO Radio PicturesSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
HIDDEN MICKEY: When the drunken Timothy is sliding down the staircase-shaped bubble Dumbo has blown, his laugh is actually that of Mickey Mouse. Also, when Timothy coughs on Jim Crow's cigar smoke, that cough is also that of Mickey (it was specifically heard in both Giantland (1933) and Two-Gun Mickey (1934)).See more »
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: After Mrs. Jumbo closes the door on the other elephants she wraps Dumbo up in his own ears. As she reaches for the second ear, the first ear disappears for an instant. (This was corrected on the blu ray version.)See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator:Through the snow, and sleet, and hail / Through the blizzard, through the gale / Through the wind and through the rain / Over mountain, over plain / Through the blinding lightning flash / And the mighty thunder crash / Ever faithful, ever true / Nothing stops him, he'll get through.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (2005) (V)See more »
Soundtrack:
Song of the RoustaboutsSee more »

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18 out of 21 people found the following review useful.
Short, sweet, and a few pink elephants, 26 July 1999
Author: Spleen from Canberra, Australia

Disney had spent vastly more money than he'd planned on "Pinnochio" and "Fantasia", and got little of it back. "Dumbo", next off the rank, was made cheaply, quickly, without fuss. The result is simple but handsome. However handsome "Dumbo" looks, the animation is not very detailed, character design is hardly adventurous, the colours are few but bright, and in an hour it's over. It needn't be more than this, though: the story is far from complicated. It is, I'll admit, a story that has made me cry more than once; and in this instance I don't feel that I've been cheated into crying, because there really is something poignant and heartbreaking about this ugly duckling variant.

Like Hans Andersen, Disney has to pad the outfit a bit to make it fill the space available; yet, with the exception of the introductory bit with the storks, it doesn't feel like padding. In fact the most gratuitous piece of padding is the most necessary. I refer to the pink elephants sequence: a masterpiece of extended unreality (caused by such a tiny quantity of champagne!) which dazzles and sizzles and all but soars out of the screen. It's the sting in Dumbo's tail, and nothing produced since can match its verve.

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