Melody
The Screen´s First Animated Cartoon in 3-Dimension
1953 | 10m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Ward Kimball, Charles August Nichols |
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| Writer: | Dick Huemer |
| Staring: |
| 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 | |
| Release Date: | May 28, 1953 |
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| Director: | Ward Kimball, Charles August Nichols |
| Writer: | Dick Huemer |
| Genres: | Animation |
| Keywords | adventures in music, music history, short film |
| Production Companies | Walt Disney Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Bill Thompson | Professor Owl |
| Harry Stanton | Bass Singer in Canoe and Ship |
| Name | Job |
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| Victor Haboush | Art Direction |
| Paul Webster | Songs |
| Sonny Burke | Songs |
| Marvin Woodward | Animation |
| Hal Ambro | Animation |
| Eyvind Earle | Color Designer |
| Julius Svendsen | Animation |
| Harvey Toombs | Animation |
| Joseph Dubin | Original Music Composer |
| Ward Kimball | Animation, Director |
| Dick Huemer | Story |
| Marc Davis | Animation |
| Charles August Nichols | Director |
| Kendall O'Connor | Art Direction |
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