Melody Time.

Duration: 75 min.

Year Published: 1948

Format: 35mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Using live action and animated cartoons, the film tells seven stories: "Once Upon a Wintertime," a sleighing adventure of bygone days; "Bumble Boogie," the reactions of a bee to a piano rendition of "The Flight of the Bumblebee;" "Johnny Appleseed," the semi-legendary tale of a pioneer benefactor; "Little Toot," the activities of a small tugboat in New York Harbor; "Trees," a cartoon fantasy based on Joyce Kilmer's poem; "Blame It on the Samba," in which Donald Duck and José Carioca cavort to Brazilian rhythms; and "Pecos Bill," a folk tale of the western plains.

Complete Record: MELODY TIME. Walt Disney Productions, c1948. 75 min., sd., color, 35mm. Summary: Using live action and animated cartoons, the film tells seven stories: "Once Upon a Wintertime," a sleighing adventure of bygone days; "Bumble Boogie," the reactions of a bee to a piano rendition of "The Flight of the Bumblebee;" "Johnny Appleseed," the semi-legendary tale of a pioneer benefactor; "Little Toot," the activities of a small tugboat in New York Harbor; "Trees," a cartoon fantasy based on Joyce Kilmer's poem; "Blame It on the Samba," in which Donald Duck and José Carioca cavort to Brazilian rhythms; and "Pecos Bill," a folk tale of the western plains. Credits: Production supervisor, Ben Sharpsteen; cartoon directors, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney; story, Winston Hibler, Harry Reeves, Ken Anderson [and others]; directing animators, Eric Larson, Ward Kimball [and others]; musical directors, Eliot Daniel, Ken Darby; film editors, Donald Halliday, Thomas Scott. Cast: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dennis Day, the Andrews Sisters, Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Freddy Martin, Ethel Smith. © Walt Disney Productions; 7Apr48; LP1721.