Dumbo - Wikipedia. Dumbo is an American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and premiered on October 2. RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth Disney animated feature film, it is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Pearl for the prototype of a novelty toy (. 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 .
It was a deliberate pursuit of simplicity and economy for the Disney studio, and at 6. Disney's shortest animated features. Sound was recorded conventionally using the RCA System. One voice was synthesized using the Sonovox system, but it, too, was recorded using the RCA System. Plot. A flock of storks deliver babies while circus animals are being transported by train from their . Jumbo, one of the elephants, receives her baby who is soon tormented by the other (female) elephants because of his large ears, and they nickname him .
Jumbo loses her temper at a group of boys for tormenting Dumbo, and is locked up and deemed mad. Dumbo is shunned by the other elephants and with no mother to care for him, he is now alone. Mouse, who feels sympathy for Dumbo and becomes determined to make him happy again, appoints himself as Dumbo's mentor and protector. The circus director makes Dumbo the top of an elephant pyramid stunt after being secretly encouraged by Timothy, but Dumbo trips over his ears and misses his target, injuring the other elephants and bringing down the big top. Dumbo is made a clown as a result, officially having the other elephants deem him no longer one of them, and plays the main role in an act that involves him falling into a vat of pie filling.
Despite his newfound popularity and fame, Dumbo dislikes this job and is now more miserable than ever. To cheer Dumbo up, Timothy takes him to visit his mother. On the way back, Dumbo cries and then starts to hiccup, so Timothy takes him for a drink of water from a bucket which, unknown to them, has accidentally had a bottle of champagne knocked into it by the clowns as they decide to speak to the circus director about changing up Dumbo's stunt and a pay raise. As a result, Dumbo and Timothy both become drunk and see hallucinations of pink elephants. The next morning, Dumbo and Timothy wake up in a tree. Timothy wonders how they got up in the tree, and concludes that Dumbo flew up there using his large ears as wings.
With the help from a group of crows, Timothy is able to get Dumbo to fly again, using a psychological trick of a . On the way down, Dumbo loses the feather; Timothy quickly tells him that the feather was never magical, and that he is still able to fly. Dumbo is able to pull out of the dive and flies around the circus, finally striking back at his tormentors as a stunned audience looks on in amazement.
After this performance, Dumbo becomes a media sensation, Timothy becomes his manager, and Dumbo and Mrs. Jumbo are given a private car on the circus train. Voice cast. The voice actors are uncredited for their roles in the film. The title character is Dumbo, the nickname given to Jumbo Jr. He is an elephant who has huge ears and is able to use them to fly, carrying what he thinks of as a magic feather. Like Dopey in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Gideon in Pinocchio, Dumbo does not have a spoken dialogue. Edward Brophy as Timothy Q.
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Mouse, an anthropomorphic mouse who becomes the only friend of Dumbo after his mother is locked up and does his best to make Dumbo happy again. He teaches Dumbo how to become the . He is never mentioned by name in the film, but his signature can be read on the contract in a newspaper photograph at the finale.
Verna Felton as Elephant Matriarch, the well- meaning but pompous leader of the elephants who is initially cold towards Dumbo. Felton also voices Mrs. Jumbo, Dumbo's mother, who speaks only once in the film to give Dumbo's name. Cliff Edwards as Jim Crow, the leader of a group of crows. Though he initially teases Dumbo about his big ears and ridicules Timothy's idea that Dumbo can fly, he hears Dumbo's tragic history and becomes determined to help Dumbo fly for real. Herman Bing as The Ringmaster, who though not truly evil, is a strict and occasionally arrogant man. The Ringmaster later appears as a villain in the video game Disney's Villains' Revenge.
Margaret Wright as Casey Junior, the sentient tender engine hauling the circus train. Casey Junior has a 2- 4- 0 wheel arrangement, a small four- wheeled tender at the back, a big tall funnel, a little lamp hat, a short stumpy boiler, a short stumpy dome with a whistle on the top and a small cowcatcher at his front. Sterling Holloway as Mr. Stork. The Hall Johnson Choir as Crow Chorus. The King's Men as Roustabout Chorus. Noreen Gammill as Elephant Catty. Dorothy Scott as Elephant Giddy.
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Sarah Selby as Elephant Prissy. Malcolm Hutton as Skinny.
Billy Bletcher as Clown. John Mc. Leish as the narrator. Production. Development. Dumbo is based upon a children's story written by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Pearl that was prepared to demonstrate the prototype of a toy storytelling display device called Roll- A- Book, which was similar in principle to a panorama. It involved only eight drawings and just a few lines of text, and had Red Robin as Dumbo's ally instead of Timothy Mouse.
Dumbo was first brought to the attention of Walt Disney in late 1. Disney's head of merchandise licensing Kay Kamen, who showed a prototype of the Roll- A- Book that included Dumbo. Disney immediately grasped its possibilities and heartwarming story and purchased the rights to it. They wrote the script in chapters, much like a book, an unusual way of writing a film script. Regardless of this, very little was changed from the original draft. Timothy Mouse was voiced by Edward Brophy, a character actor known for portraying gangsters.
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He has no other known animation voice credit. The semi- antagonistic circus director was voiced by Herman Bing, a German- American character actor remembered for his wild- eyed facial expressions and thick German accent in several comedy works.
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The pompous matriarch of the elephants was voiced by Verna Felton, who also played the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, and Flora of the Three Good Fairies in Sleeping Beauty. Other voice actors include the perennial Sterling Holloway in appearing as Mr. Stork, Cliff Edwards, better known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket, as Jim Crow, the leader of the crows, and John Mc. Leish, best known for narrating the Goofy .
As a result, Dumbo lacks the lavish detail of the previous three Disney animated features (Fantasia, Pinocchio, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs): character designs are simpler, background paintings are less detailed, and a number of held cels (or frames) were used in the character animation. Although the film is more . Dumbo and Snow White are the only two classic Disney features to use the technique, which was regularly employed for the various Disney cartoon shorts. The other Disney features used oil paint and gouache.
Lilo & Stitch, which drew influences from Dumbo, also made use of watercolor backgrounds. Bill Tytla's animation of Dumbo is today considered one of the greatest accomplishments in American animation. Disney declined, saying that he would put it to a vote. Sorrel again demanded that Disney sign with his union, but Disney once again refused. On May 2. 9, 1. 94. Dumbo was complete, much of the Disney studio staff went on strike.
A number of strikers are caricatured in the feature as clowns who go to . The strike lasted five weeks, and ended the . Disney refused all three options, and RKO reluctantly issued Dumbo, unaltered, as an A- film. Songs and performers. On Disney's Greatest Hits, . After its October 2.
Dumbo proved to be a financial miracle compared to other Disney films. The simple film only cost $9. Dumbo eventually grossed $1. Snow White were the only two pre- 1.
Disney features to turn a profit. Variety said that Dumbo was .
The film was originally released on June 2. VHS and Betamax, followed by a Laserdisc release in June 1. VHS and Betamax as part of Walt Disney Classics Video Collection release on December 3, 1. Churchill and lyricist Ned Washington were also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song for . The leader crow, played by Cliff Edwards, was originally named .
However, all of the other crows were voiced by African- American actors, who were all members of the popular all- black Hall Johnson Choir. Despite suggestions by writers such as Schickel who have criticized the portrayal as racist. Furthermore, the crows' song . Unlike in the film, Dumbo spoke on the show.
Each character would perform a special act, which ranged from dancing and singing to telling knock knock jokes. Books. Walt Disney's Dumbo: Happy to Help: (ISBN 0- 7. A picture book published by Random House Disney, written by Liane Onish and illustrated by Peter Emslie.
It was published January 2. This paperback is for children aged 4.
Twenty- four pages long, its 0. Walt Disney's Dumbo Book of Opposites: (ISBN 0- 3. A book published in August 1. Golden Books under the Golden Board Book brand. It was written by Alan Benjamin, illustrated by Peter Emslie, and edited by Heather Lowenberg.
Twelve pages long and a quarter of an inch thick, this board edition book had dimensions of 7. Walt Disney's Dumbo the Circus Baby: (ISBN 0- 3. A book published in September 1. Golden Press under the A Golden Sturdy Shape Book brand. Illustrated by Peter Emslie and written by Diane Muldrow, this book is meant for babies and preschoolers. Twelve pages long and half an inch thick, this book's cover size is 9. Theme parks. Dumbo the Flying Elephant is a popular ride that appears in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.
Circus Train is an attraction found at Disneyland and Disneyland Paris.