Dumbo

1941
G
1h 4m

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7.2/10

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Mel Blanc, Edward Brophy, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Noreen Gammill, Dorothy Scott, Sarah Selby, and Margaret Wright in Dumbo (1941)

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Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.

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Sterling Holloway

Mr. Stork
(voice)
(uncredited)

Edward Brophy

Timothy Q. Mouse
(voice)
(uncredited)

Herman Bing

The Ringmaster
(voice)
(uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Clown
(voice)
(uncredited)

Hall Johnson Choir

Crows
(voice)
(uncredited)

Cliff Edwards

Dandy Crow
(voice)
(uncredited)

Verna Felton

The Elephant Matriarch
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Stan Freberg

Dumbo
(archive sound)
(uncredited)

Noreen Gammill

Catty the Elephant
(voice)
(uncredited)

Eddie Holden

Clown
(voice)
(uncredited)

Malcolm Hutton

Skinny
(voice)
(uncredited)

James MacDonald

Roaring Lion
(voice)
(uncredited)

Harold Manley

Boy
(voice)
(uncredited)

John McLeish

Narrator
(voice)
(uncredited)

Jack Mercer

Clowns
(voice)
(uncredited)

Tony Neil

Boy
(voice)
(uncredited)

Dorothy Scott

Giddy the Elephant
(voice)
(uncredited)

Sarah Selby

Prissy the Elephant
(voice)
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Initially, Walt Disney was uninterested in making this movie. To get him interested, story men Joe Grant and Dick Huemer wrote up the film as installments which they left on Walt's desk every morning. Finally, he ran into the story department saying, "This is great! What happens next?"

Goofs
Dumbo drinks the beer through his trunk rather than spraying it into his mouth.

Quotes
Crow #1: Did you ever see an elephant fly?
Crow #2: Well, I've seen a horse fly.
Crow #3: Ah, I've seen a dragon fly.
Crow #4: Hee-hee. I've seen a house fly.

Crazy credits
The RKO logo is in gold on a blue background within a stylish gold border; all of this is on a red background.

Alternate versions
The last theatrical release of the film that featured RKO title cards was in 1949. When it was re-released in 1959, it was replaced by Buena Vista title cards and was the same way until 2001, when the film was released on DVD for the first time for its 60th anniversary and all references to RKO were restored. (The 1995 laserdisc release, as well as the 1999 Japanese DVD actually did retain the RKO titles before then.)

Connections
Edited into The Magical World of Disney: Dumbo (1955)

Soundtracks
Look Out for Mr. Stork
(uncredited)
Music by Frank Churchill
Lyrics by Ned Washington
Performed by The Sportsmen Quartet

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The Perfect Disney Cartoon

This is the quintessential Disney cartoon: brief, engaging, and profound storytelling at its finest. Where "Snow White" doesn't make the cut (begins with rapidly developing melodramatic plot, pauses for most of an hour to allow forest creatures and midgets to play cute, and wraps up quickly), "Dumbo" spins its wise lesson with elegant timing and charming characters. We all can use that magic feather once in a while.