Melody Time (1948)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 1
Melody Time is a charming musical anthology film that's expertly crafted and filled with high-spirited numbers.
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Critic Reviews: 2
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 0
Melody Time is a charming musical anthology film that's expertly crafted and filled with high-spirited numbers.
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Disney was known for combining his musical cartoon shorts into interesting feature-length anthologies and Melody Time is one of the best. But for the fact that all of the featured segments have musical themes, they vary widely in musical and artistic style. Included are the exciting "Bumble Boogie," with a jazzy version of Rimski-Korsakov's famed "Flight of the Bumblebee," played by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra; the legend of Johnny Appleseed, "Little Toot," the story of a courageous tug-boat
May 27, 1948 Wide
Jun 6, 2000
Cast
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Roy Rogers
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Dennis Day
Johnny Appleseed Angel ... -
Frances Langford
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Ethel Smith
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Clark 'Buddy' Burroughs
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Bobby Driscoll
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Luana Patten
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Pinto Colvig
Aracuan Bird -
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Bob Nolan
Himself -
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All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (1) | DVD (5)
The straight technical expertism is still one of the wonders of the movie world.
Top CriticLike healthy, imaginative children, those Disney boys are full of strange caprice. One minute they are doing something charming; the next minute they are slopping in the jam.
This last musical compilation film from the Disney studios was also one of the best, and Disney's animators display their entire creative range.
A film much more entertaining than you'd expect, even if only two of its seven sequences individually reach classic status.
Very colorful, very musical Disney animation near-classic.
A charming, imaginative anthology of cartoon shorts set to music by the likes of such '40s favorites as Roy Rogers and The Andrews Sisters.
Audience Reviews for Melody Time
Super Reviewer
Animation is top notch.
The shorts are actually all great and while not the most memorable will still stay longer then most of the shorts of the era.
Next up: Mr. Toad vs. The Headless Horsemen
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Foreign Titles
- Melody Time (1948) (DE)
- Melody Time (1948) (UK)
