Dumbo (1941) allotment 5

Directed by Ben Sharpsteen Produced by Walt Disney Written by Novel Helen Aberson Harold Pearl Story Otto Englander Joe Grant Dick Huemer Narrated by John McLeish Starring Edward Brophy Herman Bing Margaret Wright Sterling Holloway Cliff Edwards Music by Frank Churchill Lance Husher Studio Walt Disney Pictures Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures Release date(s) October 23, 1941 Running time 64 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $813000 Gross revenue $1600000 Dumbo is a 1941 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released on October 23, 1941, by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, Dumbo is based upon a child's book of the same name by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Pearl. The main character is Jumbo Jr., a semi-anthropomorphic elephant who is cruelly nicknamed Dumbo. He is ridiculed for his big ears, but in fact he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings. Throughout most of the film, his only true friend, aside from his mother, is the mouse, Timothy — a relationship parodying the stereotypical animosity between mice and elephants. Dumbo was made to recoup the financial losses of Fantasia. The film has been criticized as being racist (the leader crow in the film is named "Jim Crow"), yet is also considered to be one of Disney's finest films. It was a deliberate pursuit of simplicity and economy for the Disney studio, and is now generally regarded as a classic of animation. At 64 ...

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