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Director: Various Directors    More Info
Starring: Deems Taylor, Leopold Stokowski, Julietta Novis, Walt Disney

 This high point of Disney fare combines the music of such masters as Bach, Stravinsky, and Beethoven with cartoon action.

Director: Hamilton Luske    More Info
Starring: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Cliff Edwards, Evelyn Venable, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Charles Judels, Don Brodie, Mel Blanc, Jack Mercer

 This is an early Disney masterpiece of animation. It tells the story of Pinocchio (voice of Dickie Jones), a wooden puppet crafted by Gepetto (voice of Christian Rub). Gipetto wishes that Pinocchio could be his real son, and the Blue Fairy (voice of Evelyn Venable) grants his wish. Jimminy Cricket (voice of Cliff Edwards) is appointed to be Pinocchio's "conscience." This proves a difficult task when Pinocchio lies, skips school, and heads to Pleasure Island. But, when Pinocchio learns that Gepetto has been swallowed by a whale, he risks his life and saves Gepetto–proving that he deserves to be Gepetto's son. "When You Wish Upon a Star" won an Academy Award for Best Song.

Director: Otto Englander    More Info
Starring: Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Herman Bing, John McLeish, Eddie Holden, Malcolm Hutton, Sarah Selby, Margaret Wright

 Dumbo is an elephant born with very large ears. Because of his physical deformity, he is teased by the other circus animals. Adversity is turned into a plus when Dumbo's mouse friend, Timothy, teaches him to use his ears to fly in this classic Disney children's animated film. The film won an Academy Award for Best Musical Score, and the song "Baby Mine" was nominated for Best Song.

Director: Dave Fleischer    More Info
Starring: Kenny Gardner, Gwen Williams, Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce, Carl Meyer, Stan Freed, Pauline Loth, Pinto Colvig, Mae Questel, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

 The insects that live in the melting pot of Bugtown fear the encroachment of humans. Hoppity (voice of Stan Freed) works to save the day for his friends by looking for greener pastures. He finds the perfect place: the garden of struggling songwriter Dick Dickens (voice of Kenny Gardner) and his wife Mary Dickens (voice of Gwen Williams). Not only does Hoppity find a utopia for his friends, he wins the heart of Honey bee (voice of Pauline Loth) as well.

Director: Alfred L. Werker    More Info
Starring: Robert Benchley, Nana Bryant, Buddy Pepper, Frances Gifford, Alan Ladd, Barnett Parker, Claud Allister, Billy Lee, John Dehner, Ward Kimball

 While trying to pitch his idea of making a movie about a reluctant dragon, humorist Robert Benchley tours the Walt Disney studios and provides a glimpse into the inner-workings of animated films.

Director: David Hand    More Info
Starring: Hardie Albright, John Sutherland, Bobby Stewart, Peter Behn, Stan Alexander, Sterling Holloway, Ann Gillis, Paula Winslowe, Cammie King, Donnie Dunagan

 This well-loved Disney film is perfection in animation. It tells the story of Bambi's life from birth through his mother's death at the hands of deer hunters to his eventual fatherhood.

Director: Wilfred Jackson    More Info
Starring: Fred Shields, Jose Oliveira, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Frank Thomas

 Narrated by Fred Shields, this film features live-action segments that are linked to four cartoons telling the story about travel adventures in South America. The animated segments include Donald Duck (voice of Clarence Nash) visiting Lake Titicaca, a small airplane delivering mail over the Andes, Goofy (voice of Pinto Colvig) playing a cowboy in Argentina, and Donald Duck enjoying the nightlife in Rio de Janeiro.

Director: William Berke    More Info
Starring: Richard Arlen, Ellen Drew, Leonid Kinskey, Minor Watson, Richard Bailey, Marjorie Manners, Madeline Grey, Alex Callam, P.J. Kelly, William "Billy" Benedict

 For many years, R.P. Moody (Minor Watson) has suffered from depression, and now his daughter Betty (Ellen Drew) and her boyfriend Tim (Richard Arlen) plan to bring vaudevillians into the home to cheer him up. Good singing and dancing add to the fun, but the real highlight of this film is David Fleisher's ("Popeye" animator) animated sequence.

Director: Norman Ferguson    More Info
Starring: Aurora Miranda, Carmen Molina, Dora Luz, Jose Oliveira, Sterling Holloway, Clarence Nash, Joaquin Garay, Frank Graham, Fred Shields, Nestor Amaral

 Donald Duck (voice of Clarence Nash) opens his birthday presents. First he opens a movie projector and watches a story about Pablo the Penguin who wants to move to a warmer climate. While opening up his second gift, a new book, up pops Jose Carioca (Jose Oliveira). Another gift is a pinata accompanied by Panchito (voice of Joaquin Garay), and the three caballeros head down to Latin America where the they sing and dance their way through Mexico. A clever Disney animated film.

Director: Various Directors    More Info
Starring: Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Jerry Colonna, The Andrews Sisters, Andy Russell, Sterling Holloway, Benny Goodman, Pied Pipers, King's Men, Ken Darby Chorus

 This 10-part Disney animated film features music from the Andrews Sisters, Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, and Nelson Eddy, among others, in various segments.

Director: Wilfred Jackson    More Info
Starring: James Baskett, Bobby Driscoll, Ruth Warrick, Luana Patten, Lucile Watson, Hattie McDaniel, Mary Field, Erik Rolf, Glenn Leedy, Anita Brown

 This is the wonderful Disney cartoon/live action film with James Baskett starring as lovable Uncle Remus who tells stories to little Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) of Brer Rabbit (voice of Johnny Lee), Brer Fox (voice of James Baskett), and Brer Bear (voice of Nicodermus Stewart) . Baskett also introduces such classic songs as "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," which won an Oscar for Best Song.

Director: Bill Roberts    More Info
Starring: Cliff Edwards, Walt Disney, Billy Gilbert, Clarence Nash, Luana Patten, Dinah Shore, Anita Gordon, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd

 Two Disney animated movies are represented in this 1947 film: (1) "Mickey and the Beanstalk"–Mickey, Donald, and Goofy (voices of Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, and Pinto Colvig) bring their version of the famous tale. Edgar Bergen and his dummies Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd tell the story to a young girl (Luana Patten) (2) Bongo the circus bear is not happy with his current "job," so escapes into the forest. He finds that life on the outside is tough, but eventually finds his true love. Dinah Shore provides the narration and songs. Jiminy Cricket (voice of Cliff Edwards) provides the transition between the two stories.

Director: Various Directors    More Info
Starring: Roy Rogers, Dennis Day, Ethel Smith, Frances Langford, Buddy Clark, Bob Nolan, Bobby Driscoll, Fred Waring, Freddy Martin, The Andrews Sisters

 This animated Disney film is a series of cartoon shorts with musical themes. Segments include musical instruments coming to life to the surprise of a bee, Johnny Appleseed, Little Toot, Pecos Bill, and Donald Duck gone Latin.

Director: James Algar    More Info
Starring: Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone, Eric Blore, J. Pat O'Malley, Colin(2) Campbell, Claud Allister, John McLeish, Leslie Denison, Campbell Grant, Edmond Stevens

 Two classic tales, Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" and Washington Irving's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" are retold in this animated Disney film. Basil Rathbone narrates "The Wind in the Willows" in which Mr. Toad (voice of Eric Blore) loves motorcars, and Mole (voice of Colin Campbell) and Rat (voice of Claud Allister) try unsuccessfully to lock him up so he cannot steal a car. Bing Crosby narrates "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," which involves the story of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane who tries to win the love of Katrina and keep her away from Brom Bones.