Melody Time
Melody Time is a 1948 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 re-issued to theaters in July 31, 1968, December 31, 1969, June 15, 1977, January 1, 1984, July 24, 1987 and July 13, 1990, 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.
| Melody Time | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jack Kinney Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske Wilfred Jackson |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| 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 |
| Starring | Roy Rogers Trigger Dennis Day The Andrews Sisters Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians Freddy Martin Ethel Smith Buddy Clark Bob Nolan Sons of the Pioneers The Dinning Sisters Bobby Driscoll Luana Patten |
| Music by | Eliot Daniel Paul J. Smith Ken Darby |
| Edited by | Donald Halliday Thomas Scott |
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] |
Cast
- 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)
- 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
- Dutch: [Melody Time] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
- Finnish: [Säveltuokio] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
- French: [Mélodie Cocktail] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (Le Temps d'Une Mélodie in French Canada)
- German: [Musik, Tanz und Rhythmus] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (also known as Donald's Hit Parade)
- Italian: [Lo Scrigno delle Sette Perle] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
- Japanese: メロディ・タイム (Merodi Taimu)
- Portuguese: [Melodias Fantásticas] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (Portugal); Tempo de Melodia (Brazil)
- Spanish: Tiempo de Melodiá (Spain); Ritmo y Melodia (Latin America)
- Swedish: [Melody Time] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (also known as Vilde Bill bjuder på fest and as Jag spelar för dig)
References
- ↑ "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
- Melody Time at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Melody Time on IMDb
