Melody Time
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| Melody Time | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wilfred Jackson |
| Written by | Winston Hibler Harry Reeves Ken Anderson Erdman Penner Homer Brightman Ted Sears Joe Rinaldi Bill Cottrell Jesse Marsh Art Scott Bob Moore John Walbridge |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Roy Rogers Trigger Dennis Day The Andrews Sisters Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians Freddy Martin Ethel Smith Frances Langford Buddy Clark Bob Nolan Sons of the Pioneers The Dinning Sisters Bobby Driscoll Luana Patten |
| Edited by | Donald Halliday Thomas Scott |
| Music by | Eliot Daniel Paul J. Smith Ken Darby |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. |
Release date | May 27, 1948 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million [1] |
| Box office | $2,560,000 (worldwide rentals) [2] |
Melody Time is the 10th animated movie in the Disney animated features canon, produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on May 27, 1948. Melody Time was first released on home video on June 2, 1998, under the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection title. Its next, and so far last, release was on June 6, 2000 on DVD under the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection title.
Cast
[change | change source]- Roy Rogers - Himself; Narrator; Singer (Pecos Bill)
- Trigger, the Smartest Horse in the Movies - Himself
- Dennis Day - Narrator; Singer; Characters (Johnny Appleseed)
- The Andrews Sisters - Singers (Little Toot)
- Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians - Singers (Trees)
- Freddy Martin - Music composer (Bumble Boogie)
- Ethel Smith - Organist (Blame It On the Samba)
- Frances Langford - Singer (Once Upon a Wintertime)
- Buddy Clark - Singer; Narrator
- Bob Nolan - Himself; Singer; Narrator (Pecos Bill)
- Sons of the Pioneers - Themselves; Singers; Narrators (Pecos Bill)
- The Dinning Sisters - Singers (Blame It On the Samba)
- Bobby Driscoll - Himself (Pecos Bill)
- Luana Patten - Herself (Pecos Bill)
Titles in other languages
[change | change source]- Dutch: Melody Time
- Finnish: Säveltuokio
- French: Mélodie Cocktail (Le Temps d'Une Mélodie in French Canada)
- German: Musik, Tanz und Rhythmus (also known as Donald's Hit Parade)
- Italian: Lo Scrigno delle Sette Perle
- Japanese: メロディ・タイム (Merodi Taimu)
- Portuguese: Melodias Fantásticas (Portugal); Tempo de Melodia (Brazil)
- Spanish: Tiempo de Melodiá (Spain); Ritmo y Melodia (Latin America)
- Swedish: Melody Time (also known as Vilde Bill bjuder på fest and as Jag spelar för dig)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "109 Million Techni Sked". Variety. February 18, 1948. p. 14.
- ↑ "Richard B. Jewell's RKO film grosses, 1929–51: The C. J. Trevlin Ledger: A comment". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1994.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Melody Time at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Melody Time on IMDb
