Melody

Name: Melody
Genre: Animation
Released: 1953-05-28
Duration: 10 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Bill Thompson, Harry Stanton

The Screen´s First Animated Cartoon in 3-Dimension

6.0 (17)1953-05-2810m

Animation

Overview

An owl teaches his class full of birds about melody. It's all around in nature. Only birds and man can sing; man "sings" even when he speaks. We see a quick survey of the stages of life, as captured by songs: the alphabet song for primary school, Here Comes the Bride, The Old Gray Mare, etc. Some inspirations for song are outlined in song: love, sailing, trains, the West, motherhood, etc., but "we never sing about brains." Finally, an example of how a simple melody can be expanded into a symphony: an elaborate version of the simple tune that opened the lesson