Underplayed Gems

Make Mine Music (1946)

Make Mine Music poster
Directed by
Jack Kinney, Robert Cormack, Joshua Meador, Clyde Geronimi
Genre
fantasy film, musical film, children's film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 14m
Rated
G
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 285 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is an animated film made up of several short segments, each set to a different piece of music. The segments are unrelated to each other and feature a mix of visual styles and characters. It was released during a time when the studio was working with limited resources.

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What happens

Make Mine Music is a 1946 American animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures on April 20, 1946. During World War II, much of Walt Disney's staff was drafted into the army, and those that remained were called upon by the U.S. government to make training and propaganda films. As a result, the studio was littered with unfinished story ideas. In order to keep the feature film division alive during this difficult time, the studio released six package films including this one, made up of various unrelated segments set to music. This is the third package film, following Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros. The film was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. The film involved 2,500,000 original drawings and cost $350,000 to make; Variety later reported a higher production cost of $1.35million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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