Melody

Melody (1953)

The Screen´s First Animated Cartoon in 3-Dimension

  • Genre: Animation
  • Release Date: 1953-05-28
  • User Rating: 5.6/10 from 14 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 10min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Charles A. Nichols, Ward Kimball.
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Summary

An owl teaches his class full of birds about melody. It's all around in nature. Only birds and man can sing; man "sings" even when he speaks. We see a quick survey of the stages of life, as captured by songs: the alphabet song for primary school, Here Comes the Bride, The Old Gray Mare, etc. Some inspirations for song are outlined in song: love, sailing, trains, the West, motherhood, etc., but "we never sing about brains." Finally, an example of how a simple melody can be expanded into a symphony: an elaborate version of the simple tune that opened the lesson

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  • Bill Thompson

    as Professor Owl
  • Harry Stanton

    as Bass Singer in Canoe and Ship
Visual Effects Ward Kimball Animation
Art Kendell O'Connor Art Direction
Visual Effects Hal Ambro Animation
Visual Effects Marvin Woodward Animation
Art Victor Haboush Art Direction
Visual Effects Harvey Toombs Animation
Visual Effects Eyvind Earle Color Designer
Directing Charles A. Nichols Director
Visual Effects Julius Svendsen Animation
Sound Paul Webster Songs
Writing Dick Huemer Story
Visual Effects Marc Davis Animation
Sound Sonny Burke Songs
Directing Ward Kimball Director
Sound Joseph Dubin Original Music Composer

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