Melody Time (1948)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Directors:

Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson

Writers:

Winston Hibler (story) &
Erdman Penner (story) ...

Release Date:

27 May 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Music

Tagline:

For Your All-Time Good Time !

Plot:

Animation done to contemporary music. Somewhat of a sequel to "Make Mine Music".

Plot Keywords:

Donald Duck | Anthology | Horse | Part Live Action | Disney Animated Feature

Cast

Roy Rogers	...	Himself
Trigger	...	Himself - The Smartest Horse in the Movies
Dennis Day	...	The Old Settler / Johnny Appleseed / Johnny's Angel (voice)
The Andrews Sisters	...	Themselves (as Andrews Sisters)
Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians	...	Themselves (as Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians)
Freddy Martin	...	Himself
Ethel Smith	...	Herself
Frances Langford	...	Herself (voice)
Buddy Clark	...	Himself - Master of Ceremonies (voice)
Bob Nolan	...	Himself
Sons of the Pioneers	...	Themselves
The Dinning Sisters	...	Themselves
Bobby Driscoll	...	Himself
Luana Patten	...	Herself

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | USA:Approved (certificate #12937) | USA:Not Rated (video rating) | New Zealand:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | Australia:G

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Because of the controversy about smoking the "Pecos Bill" segment was heavily edited for release to DVD. In the original film Bill is seen smoking a cigarette in several sequences. The cigarette was edited out in each case resulting in the removal of almost the entire tornado sequence and some odd hand and mouth movements for Bill throughout.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Disneyland: Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life (#27.7)" (1981)

Soundtrack:

Pecos Bill

A great enjoyment for the little ones

I have seen this movie dozens of times and can't get tired of watching it. It's a great movie for small children, like my son and nephew, who are just 9 and 20 months, respectively. They're great entertainment, beautiful songs, nice stories of love, respect for others and nature and fun. For me the best are Pecos Bill and Little Toot. You just have to admire Disney's cartoonist for all the wonderful work they did as you cannot forget that this was made in 1948 thus all hand drawn! This is a great way of introducing kids into cartoon and animation movies, as other Disney movies, such as Lion King, Finding Nemo etc are for when they're a bit grown up. Once again, thumbs up for this, just as The three caballeros, Fantasia and Make mine music. There's just way too much violence and sex on TV for small kids to watch it, so stick to this magical movies and keep their innocence and imagination alive.