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Dumbo

  • 19411941
  • SS
  • 1h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
132K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,398
1,503
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.

IMDb RATING
7.2/10
132K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,398
1,503
  • Directors
    • Samuel Armstrong(sequence director)
    • Norman Ferguson(sequence director)
    • Wilfred Jackson(sequence director)
  • Writers
    • Joe Grant(screen story by)
    • Dick Huemer(screen story by)
    • Otto Englander(story direction)
  • Stars
    • Sterling Holloway(voice)
    • Edward Brophy(voice)
    • Herman Bing(voice)
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Samuel Armstrong(sequence director)
    • Norman Ferguson(sequence director)
    • Wilfred Jackson(sequence director)
  • Writers
    • Joe Grant(screen story by)
    • Dick Huemer(screen story by)
    • Otto Englander(story direction)
  • Stars
    • Sterling Holloway(voice)
    • Edward Brophy(voice)
    • Herman Bing(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 195User reviews
    • 131Critic reviews
    • 96Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination total

    Photos256

    Mel Blanc and Edward Brophy in Dumbo (1941)
    Dumbo (1941)
    Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, and Sarah Selby in Dumbo (1941)
    Verna Felton in Dumbo (1941)
    Mel Blanc and Edward Brophy in Dumbo (1941)
    Edward Brophy in Dumbo (1941)
    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)
    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)
    Dorothy Scott
    • Giddy the Elephant
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Sarah Selby
    Sarah Selby
    • Prissy the Elephant
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Billy Sheets
    • Clown
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Directors
      • Samuel Armstrong(sequence director)
      • Norman Ferguson(sequence director)
      • Wilfred Jackson(sequence director)
    • Writers
      • Joe Grant(screen story by)
      • Dick Huemer(screen story by)
      • Otto Englander(story direction)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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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

      Timothy Q. Mouse: You all oughta be ashamed of yourselves. A bunch of big guys like you, pickin' on a poor little orphan like him. Suppose you was torn away from your mother when you was just a baby. Nobody to tuck you in at nights. No warm, soft, caressin' trunk to snuggle inta. How would you like being left out alone, in a cold, cruel, heartless woild? And why? I ask ya, why? Just because he's got those big ears, they call him a freak. The laughing stock of the circus. And when his mother tried to protect him, they threw her into the clink. And on top of that, they made him a *clown*! Socially he's washed up! Aw, but what's the use of talkin' to you cold-hearted boids? Go ahead! Have your fun! Laugh at him! Kick him now that he's down! Go on! We don't care.

      [turns away and blows nose]

    • 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 Disneyland: Dumbo (1955)
    • Soundtracks
      Look Out for Mr. Stork
      (1941) (uncredited)

      Music by Frank Churchill

      Lyrics by Ned Washington

      Sung by The Sportsmen Quartet

    User reviews195

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    8/10
    A Warmhearted Film
    Dumbo is a good Walt Disney animated film classic that has a deeper story to tell than what is on the surface. To say that Dumbo "is about an elephant with big ears in a circus" is only the start of what Dumbo is about.

    A closer look at Dumbo - it's about having physical abnormalities and over coming the fear of others shunning or making fun of you because of it - the movie shows you can still 'shine' no matter what you look like. In this respect, Dumbo is similar to the films "The Elephant Man" or "Roxanne".

    The saddest scene in the film, to me, was when Dumbo was ripped away from his mother Mrs. Jumbo. The most touching part of the film. Dumbo was very lucky to find a good friend: Timothy Q. Mouse. Dumbo and Timothy will steal the circus show! 8.5/10
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    • Oct 23, 2014

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 1, 1948 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dumbo - lentävä elefantti
    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney Feature Animation - 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA
    • 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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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

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