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Melody Time

Melody Time (1948)

  • 88% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 49% of users liked it
    (3,975 ratings)

Disney was known for combining his musical cartoon shorts into interesting feature-length anthologies and Melody Time is one of the best. But for the fact that all of the featured segments have musical themes, they vary widely in musical and artistic style. Included are the exciting "Bumble… More

G,
Directed By
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Written By
Winston Hibler, Erdman Penner
Genres
Animation, Kids & Family, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
In Theaters
May 27, 1948 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • , TIME Magazine

    The straight technical expertism is still one of the wonders of the movie world.

  • Bosley Crowther, New York Times

    Like healthy, imaginative children, those Disney boys are full of strange caprice. One minute they are doing something charming; the next minute they are slopping in the jam.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    This last musical compilation film from the Disney studios was also one of the best, and Disney's animators display their entire creative range.

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    A film much more entertaining than you'd expect, even if only two of its seven sequences individually reach classic status.

  • Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

    Very colorful, very musical Disney animation near-classic.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Wahida K


    Donald Duck is so cool

  • DOCTOR P


    Number 5 of the Compilation Era Animation is top notch. The shorts are actually all great and while not the most memorable will still stay longer then most of the shorts of the era. Next up: Mr. Toad vs. The Headless Horsemen

  • Matthew Y


    Melody Time is the last Fantasia-esc musical inspired animated short packaged film from Disney's odd period. The Johnny Appleseed short is solid, all the others range from pretty good to mediocre. In a nutshell I'd call it the weakest of all the packaged animated films… More

  • Nick C


    Johnny Appleseed, Blame it on the Samba(the one with Donald Duck), and Pecos Bill are classics.

  • Anthony L


    Disney Movie #17: Melody Time Although Melody Time is one of the worst films in Disney's Fantasia Era, it's still an energetic and fun filled ride for kids and adults. With it's contents, Melody Time manages to keep the viewer interested all the way through it's… More

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