Review of Melody Time

Melody Time (1948)
Melody Time (1948) - 5.0
9 May 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Melody Time (1948) - 5.0

Animated vignettes set to contemporary music

Similar to Fantasia in the sense that it is a compilation of shorts but instead of classic music it is music of the time



Once Upon a Wintertime - 4.8

A couple in a winter wonderland

Pair of rabbits going through same thing as the couple

Woman and female rabbit are saved by some other animals

All end up ok and happy together



Bumble Boogie - 4.0

Take on flight of the bumblebee

A bee flys around a musical setting

Very quick



The Legend of Johnny Appleseed - 5.8

How Johnny goes out west and on the way starts planting apple seeds

Makes friends with some animals because he wasn't dangerous to them

His apples brought life and friendship to settlers

Johnny keeps to himself in the woods with the animals

Planted the frontier for 40 years

Angel returns to John and says they need apple trees in heaven, happy to help there too

Has some sweet moments but ultimately dull



Little Toot - 5.5

A little tugboat who likes to play instead of work

Tries to help dad but messes things up and wrecks a boat and city

Gets arrested and ruins dads career

Little Toot is sent out to see but ends up helping a distressed ship and saves it

Gets his redemption for himself and father



Trees - 5.2

Forrest with animals and music

Not much going on



Blame It on the Samba - 4.3

Three Caballeros characters in a cafe

Music enhances their mood

Real life woman too playing piano

Not very good



Pecos Bill - 5.4

Animated dessert and see the real humans singing around a campfire

They tell the story of Pecos Bill and his horse Widowmaker

Slur Foot Sue is the woman he meets

Bill left behind in the desert as a child, raised by a coyote

Bill meets his horse by saving him from vultures

Bill grows up with horse and all the things he did and brought to Texas

Meets Slue Foot Sue riding a giant fish, a cowgirl

They fall in love

Sue bounces in her bustle after a bad ride on Widowmaker and flys to the moon

Bill got sad and went back to living with the coyotes and that why coyotes howl at the moon







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