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Melody

Melody

The Screen´s First Animated Cartoon in 3-Dimension
May 28, 1953 10m
5.8
16 votes

Synopsis

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

Title Melody
Companies Walt Disney Productions
Countries United States of America
Keywords adventures in music, music history, short film
Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson

Professor Owl
Harry Stanton

Harry Stanton

Bass Singer in Canoe and Ship