Bumble Boogie from MELODY TIME

Here is the title card and two very stylish B/Gs from the BUMBLE BOOGIE sequence in MELODY TIME. Terrific, eh?

BLAME IT ON THE SAMBA

These recreated backgrounds are from MELODY TIME (1948).The first two are unmistakably Mary Blair. The music-staff-themed B/G is a very different style.Great stuff!

TREES from MELODY TIME

Color me sentimental and old-fashioned... but this segment moves me very deeply. The classic Joyce Kilmer poem TREES received a beautiful musical setting by composer Oscar Rasbach. From that, Disney's version received an orchestration which was incredibly lush, with a storm segment added in the middle. The final touch was beautiful vocals by "Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians." Probably most

MELODY TIME (1948): Once Upon A Wintertime

In 1948, even Disney felt the inclination towards a more modern look, apparent in this digitally recreated B/G art from the "Once Upon A Wintertime" segment in MELODY TIME.

TREES part two from MELODY TIME

From "TREES," a long shot, closer with lighting and color shifts, and a recreated pan of... a tree.