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Segments: "A Rustic Ballad," a story of feuding hillbillys; "A Tone Poem," a mood piece set on a blue bayou; "A Jazz Interlude," a bobby-soxer goes jitterbugging with her date at the malt shop; "A Ballad in Blue," dark room, rain and somber landscapes illustrate the loss of a lover; "A Musical Recitation," the story of Casey at the Bat; "Ballade Ballet," ballet dancers perform in silhouette; "A Fairy Tale with Music," Peter and the Wolf; "After Youve Gone," four musical instruments chase through a surreal landscape; "A Love Story," about the romance between a fedora and a bonnet; "Opera Pathetique," the story of Willie, the Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met.
Original segments: "The Martins and the Coys"- Ted Weems and band provide the music while the Kings Men sing about feuding mountaineers; "Blue Bayou"- a tone poem, reflecting the mystery and brilliance of a bayou scene, sung by the Ken Darby chorus; "All the Cats Join In"- animated bobby-soxers cutting a rug to the music of Benny Goodman and his Orchestra; "Without You"- a blues number by Ray Gilbert with Andy Russell on the vocals; "Casey at the Bat"- riotous slapstick with Jerry Colonna reciting Ernest Lawrence Thayers famous baseball poem; "Two Silhouettes"- music by Charles Walcott and Ray Gilbert, sung by Dinah Shore as Riabouchinska & Lichine dance amidst a lyrical background; "Peter and the Wolf"- Sterling Holloway narrates the orchestral fable by Prokofieff; "After Youre Gone"- a musical interpretation by the Benny Goodman Quartete supported visually by animation; "Johnny Fedora and Alice Bluegown"- a musical fantasy, sung by the Andrews Sisters, by Ray Gilbert and Allie Wrubel about male and female hats (a fedora and a bonnet) that fall in love; "The Whale Who Wanted To Sing at the Met"- Nelson Eddy provides the singing. FYI to the source that seems to think this was released in the USA as Unrated. Wrong. Disney did not release Unrated films in the 1940s. Check out "General Audience" classification under PCA No. 10562.
Nelson Eddy
Narrator
Dinah Shore
Bandleader
Benny Goodman
Narrator (segment "Casey at the Bat")
The Andrews Sisters
Narrator (segment "Peter and the Wolf")
Jerry Colonna
Silhouetted Dancer
Andy Russell
Silhouetted Dancer
Sterling Holloway
Andrews Sisters
Tatiana Riabouchinska
Andrews Sisters
David Lichine
Andrews Sisters
The Pied Pipers
Umpire
The King's Men
Vocal effects
The Ken Darby Singers
The King's Men
Laverne Andrews
Maxene Andrews
Patty Andrews
John Brown
Pinto Colvig
Ken Darby
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