Melody

Melody (1953)

The Screen´s First Animated Cartoon in 3-Dimension

  • Genre: Animation
  • Release Date: 1953-05-28
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 16 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 10min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Charles August 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
Writing Dick Huemer Story
Directing Charles August Nichols Director
Sound Sonny Burke Songs
Art Victor Haboush Art Direction
Visual Effects Ward Kimball Animation
Visual Effects Julius Svendsen Animation
Visual Effects Marc Davis Animation
Visual Effects Marvin Woodward Animation
Visual Effects Hal Ambro Animation
Sound Paul Webster Songs
Visual Effects Eyvind Earle Color Designer
Visual Effects Harvey Toombs Animation
Directing Ward Kimball Director
Sound Joseph Dubin Original Music Composer
Art Kendall O'Connor Art Direction

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