#37 Melody Time

February 5, 2021
Melody Time (1948) *** 1/2
Disney +
Free
Disney animation

I have been through a lot of these compilation films, both animation only and hybrid, I don’t know if I was just in the right mood for it or what, but this one is one of the best! I think it helps that more of the cartoons have actual stories than don’t, even when the song doesn’t necessarily have a story.

There were parts that I had definitely seen before, like Pecos Bill (without the live action frame with Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers, and Bobby Driscoll and Luanna Patten, the two kids in all of these early live-action and hybrid movies), and Johnny Appleseed, narrated by the great Dennis Day (he and my dad were kids together 100 years ago. Literally, Daddy was born in 1915), and Little Toot (pretty sure I had that book as well).

In the sections I hadn’t seen before, I particularly enjoyed Once Upon a Wintertime, a love story involving skating, rabbits, and near death over a waterfall.

Unlike some of the other compilations, this one is on Disney +, and I recommend it.