Complete credited cast: | |||
Roy Rogers | ... | Roy Rogers / Narrator (segment "Pecos Bill") | |
Trigger | ... | Trigger The Smartest Horse in the Movies (as Trigger the Smartest Horse in the Movies) | |
Dennis Day | ... | Narrator / Johnny Appleseed / Johnny Appleseed's Angel (voice) | |
The Andrews Sisters | ... | The Andrews Sisters (singing voice) (as Andrews Sisters) | |
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Freddy Martin | ... | (credit only) |
Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians | ... | Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians (singing voice) | |
Ethel Smith | ... | Ethel Smith - Organist | |
Frances Langford | ... | Frances Langford (singing voice) | |
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Buddy Clark | ... | Buddy Clark - Master of Ceremonies (voice) |
Bob Nolan | ... | Bob Nolan | |
Sons of the Pioneers | ... | Sons of the Pioneers | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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The Dinning Sisters | ... | The Dinning Sisters (singing voice) |
Bobby Driscoll | ... | Bobby Driscoll | |
Luana Patten | ... | Luana Patten |
Segments: "Once Upon a Wintertime," two lovers rescued from an icy river by friendly animals; "Bumble Boogie," bee beset by musical instruments and symbols come to life; "Johnny Appleseed," story of the legendary pioneer tree-planter; "Trees," mood piece set to musical treatment of Joyce Kilmer's poem; "Little Toot," story of a heroic little tugboat who saves an ocean liner; "Blame it on the Samba," Donald Duck and Jose Carioca have the blues blown away at a Latin cafe; "Pecos Bill," story of the legendary cowpoke, his trusty mount Widowmaker and his sweetheart Slue Foot Sue. Written by Paul Penna <tterrace@wco.com>
Following on the heels of 'Fantasia' (which used classical music to accompany animated shorts) and 'Make Mine Music' (which used popular songs and recital instead), comes another musical anthology, 'Melody Time', the weakest of the three.
The Andrews Sisters perform 'Little Toot' to give life to a charming tale about a mischievous tug-boat who eventually redeems himself; while Roy Rogers performs the dullest piece of the film, 'Pecos Bill'. In-between we have a mixed bag - a choral version of the croaky old poem 'Trees'; a hot samba with Ethel Smith and Donald Duck; 'Bumble-Boogie' (which has a bee trying to escape from the musical cacophony which is Freddy Martin's orchestra and The Flight of the Bumble Bee); and the tale of Johnny Appleseed.
OK to pass the time but does not have anything on the scale of 'The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At The Met' or 'The Nutcracker Suite' from the previous films.