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Melody

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Calorie Rating: 14
Released: 1953-05-28
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 10 Minutes
Homepage: http://www.disneyshorts.org/years/1953/melody.html
Studios: Walt Disney Productions,


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

Director / Directors



Cast

Bill Thompson
Character: Professor Owl
Harry Stanton
Character: Bass Singer in Canoe and Ship


Production and Crew

Kendell O'Connor
Art Direction

Victor Haboush
Art Direction
Ward Kimball
Animation

Marc Davis
Animation
Hal Ambro
Animation

Eyvind Earle
Color Designer

Joseph Dubin
Original Music Composer