…mysterious noises, which leads to Pooh having a dream that gives us the neatest animated dream sequence since Dumbo got loaded. Pooh awakes later in a flooded home, as the…

…Animators also filled the movie with visual references to other Disney films such as Pinocchio, The Little Mermaid, Dumbo, and staff members (directors John Musker and Ron Clemens are featured…

…mentioned Lion King. But mess with the classics, such as Lady And The Tramp, Peter Pan and the upcoming Dumbo and Jungle Book sequels, and you’re messing with animation history…

…story (borrowing just a little from Dumbo, Bambi and The Lion King) follows young Spirit, a wild stallion in the old west. Strong and fast, Spirit grows to be a…

…this abstract, sometimes surreal setting is perfectly balanced with her words. This was, discounting Dumbo (whose circus setting provides its own old-fashioned feel in any case), Disney’s first contemporary tale,…

…Bambi had been disappointing. Dumbo, with its brisk pace, low budget and simple cartoon animation, had proved one bright spot during these troubled times and so the emphasis was placed…

…frog chorus which evokes memories of Dumbo’s abstract Pink Elephants scene and predates the kind of look Disney would go for in The Little Mermaid some four years later. Interesting…

…LaserDisc fans to keep their version of that). Originally the second half of the feature Fun And Fancy Free, that film had ventriloquist Edgar Bergen relating the Dumbo-esque story of…

…Beanstalk fable. Since budget constraints and the onslaught of World War II had meant cutbacks at the studio, the proposed feature was paired with another story, the semi-Dumbo sequel Bongo,…

…anthropomorphic mode of transport, and reveals Walt’s early love of trains. Predating the likes of Casey Jr from Dumbo, Mickey handles himself well as the engineer of his out of…

…a slice of sheer fun that, especially with its up-tempo score, recalled the knockabout fun of a Dumbo or a Jungle Book, I’m not sure anyone was really clambering for…

…with The Wild and Cars theatrical trailers (both in anamorphic widescreen no less), Dumbo (oddly using score cues from The Rocketeer) and The Little Mermaid’s DVD reissues, plus AirBuddies, Howl’s…

…park, the show evolved into various formats: either serving as the platform to re-run older Disney classics such as Dumbo or Alice In Wonderland, the stage for brand new, made…

…Elephants of 1941’s Dumbo, with a facial close up that could rival anything Bill Plympton could throw at a rabbit! Although not politically correct by today’s standards, Tall Timber ends…

…fifteen years before, making it, by my count, only the third Studio-generated concept after Dumbo, and the last until the might roar of The Lion King, itself an amalgamation of…

…as a faithful translation of White’s book and, Dumbo aside, could be described as the first of the Studio’s more broader knockabout comedies. Is This Thing Loaded? Previously released as…

…were passed around the movie industry without much thought. I was thrilled when my Dad brought home a slew of Disney pictures, Snow White, Dumbo, Lady And The Tramp, One…

…packing in some top-notch animation and gags. Best of all is perhaps the warm and fuzzy feeling of hearing some of the Dumbo score in the music cues, which don’t…

…not Dumbo”!) and the brilliant 2000-set showdown between a very aged Elmer and Bugs, The Old Grey Hare. An experimental “chubby little rascal” Elmer features in The Wacky Wabbit and…

…balanced with her words. This was, discounting Dumbo (whose circus setting provides its own old-fashioned feel in any case), Disney’s first contemporary tale, and is quite reflective of the thrillers…

…Scroll, and what it means to Po, is likewise a lift from Dumbo and his trust that a magic feather will see him through any obstacle, the Scroll’s ultimate message…