Walt Disney’s “Melody Time” (RKO, 1948). Magazine ad for this live action/animated musical film
“Melody Time” is made up of seven classic stories set to popular and folk music. Often described as the pop music version of “Fantasia,” the seven “mini-musical’ stories are:
ONCE UPON A WINTERTIME – Frances Langford sings a song about two young lovers, Jenny and Joe. Joe shows off on the ice for Jenny, and near-tragedy and a timely rescue ensues.
BUMBLE BOOGIE – A bumblebee tries to ward off a visual and musical frenzy, accompanied by a swing-jazz variation of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee.”
THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY APPLESEED – A retelling of the story of John Chapman who spent most of his life roaming the midwestern United States and planting apple trees.
LITTLE TOOT – The story of Little Toot, a small tugboat who wanted to be just like his father Big Toot, but couldn’t seem to stay out of trouble.
TREES – A recitation of Joyce Kilmer’s poem “Trees,” featuring music by Oscar Rasbach and performed by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. The accompanying animation shows bucolic scenes changing with the seasons.
BLAME IT ON THE SAMBA – Donald Duck and José Carioca meet the Aracuan Bird, who introduces them to the pleasures of the samba.
PECOS BILL – A retelling of the tale of Pecos Bill who, raised by coyotes, became the biggest and best cowboy that ever lived and could out-hiss a rattlesnake. The retelling features Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan, Trigger and the Sons of the Pioneers, who tell the tale to Bobby Driscoll and Luana Patten in a live-action frame story.
[Source: Wikipedia]
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjgrjB_8vdg
Walt Disney’s “Melody Time” (RKO, 1948). Magazine ad for this live action/animated musical film
“Melody Time” is made up of seven classic stories set to popular and folk music. Often described as the pop music version of “Fantasia,” the seven “mini-musical’ stories are:
ONCE UPON A WINTERTIME – Frances Langford sings a song about two young lovers, Jenny and Joe. Joe shows off on the ice for Jenny, and near-tragedy and a timely rescue ensues.
BUMBLE BOOGIE – A bumblebee tries to ward off a visual and musical frenzy, accompanied by a swing-jazz variation of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee.”
THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY APPLESEED – A retelling of the story of John Chapman who spent most of his life roaming the midwestern United States and planting apple trees.
LITTLE TOOT – The story of Little Toot, a small tugboat who wanted to be just like his father Big Toot, but couldn’t seem to stay out of trouble.
TREES – A recitation of Joyce Kilmer’s poem “Trees,” featuring music by Oscar Rasbach and performed by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. The accompanying animation shows bucolic scenes changing with the seasons.
BLAME IT ON THE SAMBA – Donald Duck and José Carioca meet the Aracuan Bird, who introduces them to the pleasures of the samba.
PECOS BILL – A retelling of the tale of Pecos Bill who, raised by coyotes, became the biggest and best cowboy that ever lived and could out-hiss a rattlesnake. The retelling features Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan, Trigger and the Sons of the Pioneers, who tell the tale to Bobby Driscoll and Luana Patten in a live-action frame story.
[Source: Wikipedia]
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjgrjB_8vdg