Movie: "Melody"
| Release Date: | May 1953 |
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| Genres: | Documentary / Animation / Short / Family / Fantasy / Music / Musical |
| Runtime: | 10 min. |
| Cast: | Harry Stanton (Bass Singer in Canoe and Ship...), Bill Thompson (Professor Owl), |
Storyline: 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.
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