Toon Talk: Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies
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LEONARD'S PICKS:
On disc 2, Maltin highlights Skeleton Dance, Flowers and Trees, Music Land and both versions of The Ugly Duckling. What, no The Old Mill?
BONUS FEATURES:
The Song of the Silly Symphonies
Maltin is joined by famed Disney songwriter Richard Sherman, discussing the music of the Silly Symphonies.
Silly Symphony Souvenirs
Disney archivist and author Dave Smith shows Maltin a treasure trove of Silly Symphony merchandise, including Funny Little Bunny soap, Three Little Pigs toothbrush holders and a Big Bad Wolf alarm clock.
Gallery:
Rare pencil sketches, conceptual art, storyboards, background paintings, archival photographs and promotional artwork representing the Silly Symphonies, from Skeleton Dance to The Ugly Duckling. But what is Mickey's Garden doing here?
Want List for Silly Symphonies, Part II:
King Neptune, Santa's Workshop, The Pied Piper, The Night Before Christmas, The Goddess of Spring, Three Orphan Kittens (the only Oscar-winner not in part I) and it's sequel More Kittens, Little Hiawatha, Mother Goose Goes Hollywood.
Toon Talk Rating: A-
Toon Talk Trivia:
- Wilfred Jackson directed 18 of the shorts included in this set.
- The Silly Symphonies won a total of seven Academy Awards.
- Carl Stalling went on to score the animated shorts for such Warner Brothers stars as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
Final Word:
"He knew that his animated films would
come to life with the use of music."
-- Richard Sherman, discussing Walt Disney, in The Song of the Silly Symphonies,
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-- Posted December 13, 2001