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Dumbo

  • 1941
  • G
  • 1h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
136K
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Sterling Holloway, James Baskett, Herman Bing, Billy Bletcher, Edward Brophy, Candy Candido, Jim Carmichael, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Eddie Holden, Malcolm Hutton, Hall Johnson, Harold Manley, John McLeish, Tony Neil, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, Billy Sheets, Nick Stewart, Chuck Stubbs, and Margaret Wright in Dumbo (1941)
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Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.

  • Directors
    • Samuel Armstrong
    • Norman Ferguson
    • Wilfred Jackson
  • Writers
    • Joe Grant
    • Dick Huemer
    • Otto Englander
  • Stars
    • Sterling Holloway
    • Edward Brophy
    • Herman Bing
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    136K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Samuel Armstrong
      • Norman Ferguson
      • Wilfred Jackson
    • Writers
      • Joe Grant
      • Dick Huemer
      • Otto Englander
    • Stars
      • Sterling Holloway
      • Edward Brophy
      • Herman Bing
    • 201User reviews
    • 133Critic reviews
    • 96Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Mel Blanc and Edward Brophy in Dumbo (1941)
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    Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, and Sarah Selby in Dumbo (1941)
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    Dumbo (1941)
    Timothy's diary entries chart the progress and problems the duo confronts in finding a "big act" for little Dumbo. The little mouse's tenacious efforts, including a high-wire act, balancing balls, and musical numbers, are explored within the newly discovered Dumbo storyboards at the Disney Archives.
    Among the pieces of artwork discovered are early storyboards by Disney Legend Mary Blair, completed in early 1940. These depictions of the duo's secret  nighttime efforts - horseback riding and stilt-walking - precede Blair's vibrant use of color influenced by her travels on the Studios South American goodwill tour.
    The friendship of Timothy Mouse and the little elephant with big ears is explored in newly discovered Dumbo storyboard art. Carefully collected more than 70 years ago in a folder marked "Dumbo's Diary", these 37 pieces cast new light on the story's development.
    Dumbo (1941)
    Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, and Sarah Selby in Dumbo (1941)

    Top cast

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    Sterling Holloway
    Sterling Holloway
    • Mr. Stork
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Brophy
    Edward Brophy
    • Timothy Q. Mouse
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Herman Bing
    Herman Bing
    • The Ringmaster
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Mel Blanc
    Mel Blanc
    • Dumbo
    • (uncredited)
    Billy Bletcher
    Billy Bletcher
    • Clown
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Hall Johnson Choir
    • Crows
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Cliff Edwards
    Cliff Edwards
    • Dandy Crow
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Verna Felton
    Verna Felton
    • The Elephant Matriarch
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Noreen Gammill
    • Catty the Elephant
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Holden
    • Clown
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Malcolm Hutton
    • Skinny
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    James MacDonald
    • Roaring Lion
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Harold Manley
    • Boy
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    John McLeish
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Mercer
    Jack Mercer
    • Clowns
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Tony Neil
    • Boy
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Sabel
    • Dumbo
    • (uncredited)
    Dorothy Scott
    • Giddy the Elephant
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Samuel Armstrong
      • Norman Ferguson
      • Wilfred Jackson
    • Writers
      • Joe Grant
      • Dick Huemer
      • Otto Englander
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Initially, Walt Disney was uninterested in making this movie. To get him interested, story men Joe Grant and Dick Huemer wrote up the film as installments which they left on Walt's desk every morning. Finally, he ran into the story department saying, "This is great! What happens next?"
    • Goofs
      Twice in the movie, a map of the southeastern United States is visible. In both cases, it reads KY (Kentucky) where TN (Tennessee) should be.
    • Quotes

      Crow #1: Did you ever see an elephant fly?

      Crow #2: Well, I've seen a horse fly.

      Crow #3: Ah, I've seen a dragon fly.

      Crow #4: Hee-hee. I've seen a house fly.

    • Crazy credits
      The RKO logo is in gold on a blue background within a stylish gold border; all of this is on a red background.
    • Alternate versions
      The last theatrical release of the film that featured RKO title cards was in 1949. When it was re-released in 1959, it was replaced by Buena Vista title cards and was the same way until 2001, when the film was released on DVD for the first time for its 60th anniversary and all references to RKO were restored. (The 1995 laserdisc release actually did retain the RKO titles before then.)
    • Connections
      Edited into The Magical World of Disney: Dumbo (1955)
    • Soundtracks
      Look Out for Mr. Stork
      (1941) (uncredited)

      Music by Frank Churchill

      Lyrics by Ned Washington

      Sung by The Sportsmen Quartet

    User reviews201

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    10/10
    Short, sweet, and a few pink elephants
    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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    9
    • Spleen
    • Jul 26, 1999

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 31, 1941 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dumbo the Flying Elephant
    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney Feature Animation - 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Animation Studios
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $950,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,731
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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