Dumbo (1941) | |
Director(s) | Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen |
Producer(s) | Walt Disney (uncredited) |
Top Genres | Animation, Family, Musical |
Top Topics | Animals, Circus, Disney, Mother/Son |
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Dumbo Overview:
Dumbo (1941) was a Animation - Family Film directed by Bill Roberts and Jack Kinney and produced by Walt Disney.
Academy Awards 1941 --- Ceremony Number 14 (source: AMPAS)
Award | Recipient | Result |
Best Music - Scoring | Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace | Won |
Best Music - Song | Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington | Nominated |
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Classic Films in Focus: DUMBO (1941)
By Jennifer Garlen on Dec 2, 2013 From Virtual ViragoDisney classics are probably the one group of “old” movies that many people see even if they aren’t particularly enthusiastic about film. After all, these movies surround us throughout our lives, thanks in part to relentless Disney marketing. They inspire theme park rides and count... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: DUMBO (1941)
By Jennifer Garlen on Dec 2, 2013 From Virtual ViragoDisney classics are probably the one group of “old” movies that many people see even if they aren’t particularly enthusiastic about film. After all, these movies surround us throughout our lives, thanks in part to relentless Disney marketing. They inspire theme park rides and count... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: DUMBO (1941)
By Jennifer Garlen on Dec 2, 2013 From Virtual ViragoDisney classics are probably the one group of “old” movies that many people see even if they aren’t particularly enthusiastic about film. After all, these movies surround us throughout our lives, thanks in part to relentless Disney marketing. They inspire theme park rides and count... Read full article
March to Disney: What Bolt and Dumbo Share
By Bernardo Villela on Mar 12, 2013 From The Movie RatThis is a series of posts this month wherein I will focus on Disney films. For more on my background with Disney films and about the timing of this focus please read the introductory post here. What’s been great is that I have through sheer luck managed to come across titles I had previously ... Read full article
Dumbo (1941)
By Kristen on Sep 22, 2012 From Journeys in Classic FilmBack with another edition of Journeys in the Disney Vault. ?I should mention we’ll see this series next week but once October hits we’ll only see it once as there’s a Halloween themed Disney animated film I’ll be including (astute viewers should know what it is). ?After Octob... Read full article
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Quotes from
Timothy Q. Mouse: Where is he? Oh.
[tapping Dumbo's trunk]
Timothy Q. Mouse: Hey Dumbo, you can come out now.
[Dumbo sticks his trunk inside the haystack]
Timothy Q. Mouse: [startled] Golly. Must have scared him too. But look, Dumbo, I'm your friend. Come on out, won't ya?
[Dumbo shakes his head under the hay]
Timothy Q. Mouse: You're not really afraid of little me, are ya?
[Dumbo nods yes]
Timothy Q. Mouse: Ya are?
[to himself]
Timothy Q. Mouse: Must have overdid it in there, don't know my own strength sometimes.
[the elephants think that Dumbo with his big ears is the reason Mrs. Jumbo has been locked up]
Timothy Q. Mouse: What's the matter with his ears? I don't see nothin' wrong with 'em. I think they're cute.
Timothy Q. Mouse: All we gotta do is build an act. Make ya a star. A headliner! Dumbo the Gr-eat!
[Fanfare plays as Dumbo hoists Timothy with his trunk]
Timothy Q. Mouse: Uh-oh. The Great what?
[faltering fanfare as Dumbo lowers Timothy]
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Facts about
The first Disney animated feature (and still one of the very few) to be set in America.
The vocals for the song Baby Mine were performed by Betty Noyes, the same singer who dubbed Debbie Reynolds' singing in two numbers in Singin' in the Rain.
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