Mélodie Cocktail

Original title: Melody Time

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6.1/10

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An anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music.

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Hand-Drawn Animation Animation Comedy Family Musical

An anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music.An anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music.An anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music.

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Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers…

Trigger

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Dennis Day

Narrator
(voice)
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Laverne Andrews

Andrews Sisters
(singing voice)
(as Andrews Sisters)

Maxene Andrews

Andrews Sisters
(singing voice)
(as Andrews Sisters)

Patty Andrews

Andrews Sisters
(singing voice)
(as Andrews Sisters)

Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians

Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
(singing voice)

Freddy Martin

Self
(credit only)

Ethel Smith

self - Organist

Frances Langford

Frances Langford
(singing voice)

Buddy Clark

Buddy Clark - Master of Ceremonies
(voice)

Pat Brady

Singing cowboy
(as Sons of the Pioneers)

Hugh Farr

Singing cowboy
(as Sons of the Pioneers)

Bob Nolan

Singing cowboy
(as Sons of the Pioneers)

Lloyd Perryman

Singing cowboy
(as Sons of the Pioneers)

Tim Spencer

Singing cowboy
(as Sons of the Pioneers)

Ginger Dinning

Dinning Sisters
(singing voice)
(as The Dinning Sisters)

Jean Dinning

Dinning Sisters
(singing voice)
(as The Dinning Sisters)

Scattered moments of animated magic

Seven animated musical shorts from Walt Disney (with some live-action interspersed) include themes of young love and the wonders of nature. Highlights are the raucous "Pecos Bill" segment and the story of "Johnny Appleseed". Obviously, "Melody Time" was a holding-pattern release for the studio while they completed their more high-profile pictures. Certainly it is filled with gorgeous color, animated grandeur, and old-fashioned songs, but it's considered to be one of Disney's lesser efforts, and for good reason. The lack of a strong theme, matched with Disney's penchant for cuteness, may cause some non-Disney buffs to start squirming after thirty minutes or so. Pretty much interchangeable with "Make Mine Music", which was released in 1946. **1/2 from ****

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Trivia
Because of the controversy about cowboys smoking, the "Pecos Bill" segment was heavily edited for release on DVD. In the original film, Bill is seen smoking a cigarette in several sequences. The cigarette was edited out in each case, resulting in the removal of almost the entire tornado sequence and some odd hand and mouth movements for Bill throughout. These scenes have since been restored in a recent American Blu-ray release.

Goofs
At the end of Pecos Bill (1948), when Pecos and Widowmaker go back to live with the coyotes, it's seen that Pecos has removed his clothes and left them in a pile in the desert and Widowmaker has removed his horseshoes. However, Widowmaker lost his horseshoes earlier in the cartoon when he was bucking around when Slue-Foot Sue was riding him and a cowboy was seen being hit in the head by the horseshoes.

Quotes
[introduction to "Pecos Bill"]
Master of Ceremonies: Here's a tall tale straight from the chuck wagon, just the way the old-timers used to tell it. According to them, Pecos Bill was the roughest, toughest, rootin'est, tootin'est, shootin'est cowpoke that ever lived. Well, any story about old Pecos is bound to be right strong medicine, so maybe it's best to sashay into it kinda gentle-like.

Alternate versions
The November 2021 Blu-ray (a Disney Movie Club exclusive) contains the unaltered Pecos Bill segment, along with the original RKO logo and mono soundtrack. This version is also available on Disney+.