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Melody(Movie, 1953)

NR
| 10min | Genre: Animation
MelodyRating: 2.8/5 (with 77 votes)
Melody is an American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Ward Kimball and Charles A. Nichols. Originally released on May 28, 1953, this film was the first in a proposed series of animated cartoon shorts teaching the principles of music, called Adventures in Music. Only one other entry in the series was produced, Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, which was released later that same year, winning an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) the following year. Walt Disney was always a fan of music, and it shows in all of his films. He said: "There's a terrific power to music. You can run any of these pictures and they'd be dragging and boring, but the minute you put music behind them, they have life and validity they don't get any other way". ()
Part of the Disney Animated Shorts Collection
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About Melody

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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Additional Information

Official websites:
www.disneyshorts.org
Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Swedish (SV)
Status: Released
Release date US: 05/28/1953
Appearing Characters: Professor Owl
Voice Actor: Bill Thompson
Producer: Walt Disney
Screenwriter: Dick Huemer
Composer: Joseph Dubin
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Adventures in Music: Melody"

442 movies in the Disney Animated Shorts Collection

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1943 Pedro
1945 No Sail
1947 Bongo
1953 Melody

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