4/27/2024 0 Comments Disney dumbo 1941![]() ![]() After the circus sets up its tent in a new city, Mrs. Jumbo is devoted to him and tenderly cares for him. Jumbo is overjoyed by her son, whom she names Jumbo, Jr., but her gossipy, spiteful neighbors, Prissy, Giggles, Catty and the Matriarch, laugh at the baby's large ears and call him Dumbo. The next day, the circus leaves its winter quarters in Florida, and as Casey Jr., the circus' intrepid train engine, leads the way, a lost stork finds Mrs. ![]() Jumbo, an elephant, is deeply disappointed when she does not receive a little bundle of her own. Timothy is also eyes open, full figure, and smiling and he then appoints himself as Dumbo's mentor and protector.One night, a group of storks deliver babies to the animals of a traveling circus, but Mrs. Dumbo is eyes and mouth open, smiling, and is full figure. This large and wonderful cel occurs in the film just after Timothy Mouse gives Dumbo a circus peanut in order to cheer him up. Timothy feels sympathy for Dumbo and becomes determined to make him happy again. Ahh, I'll do somethin' 'bout this!" says Timothy Mouse. There he goes, without a friend in the woild. "How do ya like that, givin' him the cold shoulder. Dumbo's mother is locked up and deemed mad and poor Dumbo is shunned by the other elephants, and with no mother to care for him he is now terribly alone. When the Ringmaster and crew breakup the fight, this original hand painted production background of a circus tent can be seen behind Dumbo as he is dragged away from his mother. Jumbo loses her temper at a group of boys for tormenting and teasing Dumbo because of his large ears. Once the big top circus tent has been assembled, Mrs. This fantastic cel and background setup is from a critical part in the film. Brophy was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian and he provided the voice for Timothy Mouse even though he was not credited in the film for the role. Mouse including Fred Moore, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Ward Kimball. Various Disney animators were involved with the creation and animation of Timothy Q. I tried to put all those things in Dumbo."Ĭertainly the greatest theme of "Dumbo" was the wonderful friendship between the mute baby elephant Dumbo and his unlikely friend, a mouse name Timothy. He'll just stand there and maybe grab my hand and cry. ![]() I've bawled my kid out for pestering me when I'm reading or something, and he doesn't know what to make of it. They're real and sincere- like when they damn near wet their pants from excitement when you come home at night. There's nothing theatrical about a two-year-old kid. Most of the expressions and mannerisms I got from my own kid. I was thinking in terms of humans, and I saw a chance to do a chracter without using any cheap theatrics. I don't know a damn thing about elephants. "I gave him everything I thought he should have," said Tytla. The Disney animator Vladimir "Bill" Tytla created the devil-giant for "Fantasia's" "Night on Bald Mountain," and for the next film he was given the task of animated the film's star, Dumbo. The Disney Studio animation artists were still fairly new to feature animation, having only started in 1937 with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." The film prior to "Dumbo" was "Fantasia," with one of the most successful sequences being "Night on Bald Mountain." Here again, the main character Chernabog, a huge winged devil, sitting on top of a mountain, commanding the undead below, and never uttering a single word made a huge impression on the viewing public. The extraordinary animation skill needed in order to do this with a human, but in this case a baby elephant, can not be underestimated. ![]()
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