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Overview
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Writers:
Kenneth Grahame (story)
Ted Sears (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 June 1941 (USA) more
Tagline:
Sequences in MULTIPLANE TECHNICOLOR (original print media ad - many caps) more
Plot:
Humorist Robert Benchley learns about the animation process at Walt Disney Studios while trying to find the great man himself to pitch him the idea of making a cartoon about a shy dragon. full summary | add synopsis
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[DVD Review] Walt Disney Animation Collection: Volume 6: The Reluctant Dragon
(From JustPressPlay. 16 May 2009, 8:35 PM, PDT)
The Reluctant Dragon Runs 3/17-4/4 At Main Street
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 3 March 2009, 3:04 PM, PST)
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eye-popping look at the Disney process more (13 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Benchley | ... | Himself |
| Frances Gifford | ... | Doris (Studio Artist) |
| Buddy Pepper | ... | Humphrey (Studio Guide) |
| Nana Bryant | ... | Mrs. Benchley |
| Claud Allister | ... | Sir Giles (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice) |
| Barnett Parker | ... | The Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice) |
| Billy Lee | ... | The Boy (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice) |
| Florence Gill | ... | Herself (Voice Artist) |
| Clarence Nash | ... | Himself / Donald Duck (voice) |
| Norman Ferguson | ... | Himself (as Norm Ferguson) |
| Ward Kimball | ... | Himself (Goofy animator) |
| Jimmy Luske | ... | Jimmy, Baby Weems model |
 | Alan Ladd | ... | Al, Baby Weems storyboard artist |
| Truman Woodworth | ||
| Hamilton MacFadden | (as Hamilton Mac Fadden) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
A Day at Disneys (USA) (TV title)
Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studio
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Runtime:
74 min
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Color:
Black and White (Sepiatone) | Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:Not Rated
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Maquettes in the model department include Jiminy Cricket and the drunk cuckoo clock from Pinocchio (1940), characters from Fantasia (1940) including Chernabog, a black centaurette that Robert Benchley takes with him, and the Knight from The Reluctant Dragon (1941). more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Mrs. Benchley:
[Reading] "So they set off up the hill, arm in arm, the knight, the dragon, and the boy. The lights in the little village began to go out one by one."
[Is interrupted by a toy rifle going off]
Mrs. Benchley:
"But there were stars and a late moon as they climbed the downs together."
[Toy rifle again]
Mrs. Benchley:
Robert, please.
[Pan to Robert Benchley lying on a raft in the pool, with the toy rifle]
Robert Benchley:
Go on, I can hear in any position.
[Shoots a dart at a duck decoy in the pool]
Mrs. Benchley:
[Continues reading] "And as they turned the last corner and disappeared from view, snatches of an old song were borne back on the night breeze. I can't be certain which of them was singing, but I think it was the dragon."
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Get Smart: The Reluctant Redhead (#3.26)" (1968) more
Soundtrack:
The Reluctant Dragon more
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This little classic spends just short of an hour touring the Disney Studios in the company of Robert Benchley, the humorist who acts like a big kid in a candy store (and is thus the perfect guide for something like this).
We see how the cartoons are made, moving from the recording studio - where the real-life voices of Donald Duck and Clara Cluck sing an aria - through to clay models of the characters to be animated - the sound effects dept. (we see the full Casey Junior sequence, some of which ended up in 1941's 'Dumbo') - the scenario department (we see a whole cartoon - Baby Weems - in storyboard format) - the animation department (we see a cartoon feature on riding a horse, and see Donald Duck showing us how he walks) - and much more. There's also a neat segue from black and white to Technicolor.
'The Reluctant Dragon' is a book which Benchley hopes to pitch to Disney, only to find the film has already been made; the last 20 minutes of this feature is the cartoon about the (rather camp) dragon, and a classic bit of Disney work.
The whole movie is engrossing and a fantastic overview of the state-of-the-art work being done by the Disney Studios at the beginning of the 40s.