Melody Time (1948)

Directors:

Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson

Writers:

Winston Hibler (story) &
Erdman Penner (story) ...

Release Date:

27 May 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Music

Tagline:

For Your All-Time Good Time !

Plot:

Animation done to contemporary music. Somewhat of a sequel to "Make Mine Music".

Plot Keywords:

Donald Duck | Anthology | Horse | Part Live Action | Disney Animated Feature

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Roy Rogers	...	Himself
Trigger	...	Himself (as Trigger, the Smartest Horse in the Movies)
Dennis Day	...	The Old Settler / Johnny Appleseed / Johnny's Angel (voice)
The Andrews Sisters	...	Themselves (as Andrews Sisters)
Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians	...	Themselves (as Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians)
Freddy Martin	...	Himself
Ethel Smith	...	Herself
Frances Langford	...	Herself (voice)
Buddy Clark	...	Himself - Master of Ceremonies (voice)
Bob Nolan	...	Himself
Sons of the Pioneers	...	Themselves
The Dinning Sisters	...	Themselves
Bobby Driscoll	...	Himself
Luana Patten	...	Herself

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | USA:Approved (certificate #12937) | USA:Not Rated (video rating) | New Zealand:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | Australia:G

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Because of the controversy about smoking the "Pecos Bill" segment was heavily edited for release to DVD. In the original film Bill is seen smoking a cigarette in several sequences. The cigarette was edited out in each case resulting in the removal of almost the entire tornado sequence and some odd hand and mouth movements for Bill throughout.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Disneyland: Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life (#27.7)" (1981)

Soundtrack:

Johnny Appleseed

Sing aloud! This movie is genius!!!!!

Seven musical Disney animated shorts come together in Disney's 1948 movie, "Melody Time," a movie cartoon starring all your favorite Disney friends together being so very musical!!!!!

Here are five things that I liked the best about this film:

1. The shorts. Nice selection by Walt Disney on all those cartoons selected for "Melody Time." They were quite a toe-tapper!

2. The history. Yes, this movie has aged quite well, and this movie is a window back in time to when cartoons were enjoyable!

3. The folk tales. Yes, I remember folk tales quite well! Here, we have a couple of them made into shorts: Johnny Appleseed, and Pecos Bill. You might remember these!!!!!

4. It's Disney. What could an old Disney film be like without the Disney characters of Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, etc.?

5. It's fun! It's that plain simple!

Have these five reasons convinced you to have a go at "Melody Time" yet?

10/10