Post by joplin4 on Sept 3, 2009 20:27:20 GMT -5
Disney's 10th feature film, like "Fantasia" before it, featured music in the starring role. This package feature film was broken into ten segments, or featurettes.
In "The Martins and the Coys", the King's Men tell of two feuding families, whose sole survivors fall in love and get married, but keep fighting after they're married.
Segment two features the Ken Darby Chorus in "Blue Bayou". This scene does not really tell a story. It is more of an artistic piece displaying the beauty of the bayou and the music.
"All the Cats Join In" is an upbeat melody presented by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. This animation is unique because it depicts the animation getting ahead of the artist as he tries to finish sketching the scene before the action is finished. This works well with the music.
Like "Blue Bayou", "Without You" is more of an artistic segment as Andy Russell sings about the pain of a lost love. The animation echoes the pain in the music.
In "Casey at the Bat", Jerry Colonna tells of mighty Casey, the pride of them all, who gets a little too confident and strikes out.
"Two Silhouettes" is another artistic piece in which Dinah Shore sings while two figures dance out a story of losing and finding love.
Sterling Holloway narrates the story of "Peter and the Wolf" along with the music of Prokofiev. The story is told in the unique style of a particular instrument representing each character.
Next, instruments come to life as the Benny Goodman Quartet performs "After You've Gone".
In "Johnny Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet", the Andrews Sisters sing about two hats that meet in a hat shop and fall in love. Sadly, they are separated when Alice is sold. Johnny tries to find her, and is just about to give up when he is reunited with her.
The film ends with "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met". Willie the Whale has an exceptional voice. He has the unique talent of singing three parts at one time. However, he is a whale. When the opera impresario, Professor Tetti-Tatti hears of Willie's talent, he decides that Willie has swallowed three opera stars. Willie believes Tetti-Tatti is there to give him his big break. This segment does not have a happy ending, but makes for a good story. It is sung by Nelson Eddy.
This film was released on August 15, 1946.
What are your thoughts on "Make Mine Music"?
In "The Martins and the Coys", the King's Men tell of two feuding families, whose sole survivors fall in love and get married, but keep fighting after they're married.
Segment two features the Ken Darby Chorus in "Blue Bayou". This scene does not really tell a story. It is more of an artistic piece displaying the beauty of the bayou and the music.
"All the Cats Join In" is an upbeat melody presented by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. This animation is unique because it depicts the animation getting ahead of the artist as he tries to finish sketching the scene before the action is finished. This works well with the music.
Like "Blue Bayou", "Without You" is more of an artistic segment as Andy Russell sings about the pain of a lost love. The animation echoes the pain in the music.
In "Casey at the Bat", Jerry Colonna tells of mighty Casey, the pride of them all, who gets a little too confident and strikes out.
"Two Silhouettes" is another artistic piece in which Dinah Shore sings while two figures dance out a story of losing and finding love.
Sterling Holloway narrates the story of "Peter and the Wolf" along with the music of Prokofiev. The story is told in the unique style of a particular instrument representing each character.
Next, instruments come to life as the Benny Goodman Quartet performs "After You've Gone".
In "Johnny Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet", the Andrews Sisters sing about two hats that meet in a hat shop and fall in love. Sadly, they are separated when Alice is sold. Johnny tries to find her, and is just about to give up when he is reunited with her.
The film ends with "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met". Willie the Whale has an exceptional voice. He has the unique talent of singing three parts at one time. However, he is a whale. When the opera impresario, Professor Tetti-Tatti hears of Willie's talent, he decides that Willie has swallowed three opera stars. Willie believes Tetti-Tatti is there to give him his big break. This segment does not have a happy ending, but makes for a good story. It is sung by Nelson Eddy.
This film was released on August 15, 1946.
What are your thoughts on "Make Mine Music"?