Movie Details
Theatrical Release:May 28th, 1953
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Walt Disney Productions
Melody on the Web:Official Website
Cast & Crew
K
Kendell O'Connor
Art Direction
V
Victor Haboush
Art Direction
Melody (1953)
"The Screen´s First Animated Cartoon in 3-Dimension"Movie
Audience Score
Plot
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
