Melody Time
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.
| 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 Frances Langford 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)
- 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)
Worldwide release dates
- Brazil: July 2, 1948
- Argentina: May 16, 1949
- Mexico: May 4, 1950
- U.K.: January 30, 1951
- Sweden: April 16, 1951
- Italy: June 6, 1951
- France: August 3, 1951
- West Germany: August 9, 1952
- Spain: January 18, 1953
- Finland: April 17, 1953
- Norway: March 16, 1954
- Egypt: August 11, 1955
- Philippines: May 5, 1957
- Argentina in Chile: December 20, 1957
- Hong Kong: October 11, 1958
- USSR: October 15, 1960
- Jordan: September 17, 1965
- Vietnam: December 24, 1983
Rereleased
- June 23, 1950
- November 23, 1956
- July 26, 1963
- December 17, 1969
- June 13, 1975
- May 15, 1981
- June 19, 1987
- June 25, 1993
Titles in other languages
- 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)
Other websites
- Melody Time at the Big Cartoon DataBase
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..
Melody Time on IMDb
