Song of the South was a live
action/Animation hybrid released in 1946
In
1939 Walt Disney bought the rights to the
Uncle Remus stories from the Harris family. On November
30, 1944, Walt Disney Productions entered a contract with
Samuel Goldwyn Studios in Los Angeles, CA,
to begin filming for "Uncle Remus" on January 2, 1945
Song of the South was
expensive to produce for its time: about $2,125,000. In
1946, The Walt Disney Studio made $226,000 from the film.
James Baskett,
the talented actor who portrayed Uncle Remus, originally
called in
to the Walt Disney Studio to try out for the vocal part of
a butterfly. Not only did he
get the bit part, but was also found to be the perfect
voice for Brer Fox, in addition
to landing the main role of Uncle Remus.
Most of the outdoor live action scenes were
filmed in Phoenix, Arizona.
Song of the South's re-release in 1972 set a
boxoffice record for an animated
reissue.
World premier of Song of the
South in Atlanta, Georgia 1946 at the Fox theater
Walt Disney arriving at the
world premier
My collection
From the ride at WDW Splash Mountain.
Awesome 16 minute ride you will never forget!!!!
Credits: Animated sequences based on stories from Uncle
Remus (1880) and Nights with Uncle Remus (1883) by Joel
Chandler Harris
Live
Actors: James Baskett; Ruth
Warrick; Bobby Driscoll; Luana Patten; Lucile Watson;
Hattie McDaniel; Erik Rolf; Glenn Leedy; Mary Field; Anita
Brown; George Nokes; Gene Holland
Voices: Johnny Lee (Brer Rabbit); James Baskett (Brer
Fox); Nicodemus Stewart (Brer Bear)
Special
Processes: Ub Iwerks
Sound
Director: C. O. Slyfield
Sound
Recording: Fred Lau; Harold
Steck
Film
Editor: William M. Morgan
Music
Director: Charles Wolcott
Photoplay
Score: Daniele Amfitheatrof
Cartoon
Score: Paul J. Smith
Vocal
Director: Ken Darby
Songs: Ray Gilbert; Sam Coslow; Allie Wrubel; Arthur
Johnston; Johnny Lange; Hy Heath; Eliot Daniel; Robert
MacGimsey; Foster Carling
Orchestration: Edward Plumb
Original
Story: Dalton Reymond
Cartoon
Story: Bill Peet; Ralph
Wright; George Stallings
Screenplay: Dalton Reymond; Morton Grant; Maurice Rapf
Background
and Colour Stylists: Claude
Coats; Mary Blair
Backgrounds: Ralph Hulett; Brice Mack; Ray Huffine; Edgar
Starr; Al Dempster
Cartoon
Art Direction: Ken Anderson;
Charles Philippi; Harold Doughty; Hugh Hennesy; Philip
Barber
Art
Treatment: Elmer Plummer
Art
Director: Perry Ferguson
Photography: Gregg Toland
Technicolor
Colour Director: Natalie
Kalmus
Tecnicolor
Colour Associate: Mitchell
Kovaleski
Costume
Designer: Mary Wills
Directing
Animators: Milt Kahl; Eric
Larson; Oliver M. Johnston, Jr.; Les Clark; Marc Davis;
John Lounsbery
Animators: Don Lusk; Harvey Toombs; Tom Massey; Ken
O'Brien; Murray McClellan; Al Coe; Jack Campbell; Hal
Ambro; Hal King; Cliff Nordberg; Rudy Larriva
Effects
Animators: Josh Meador; George
Rowley; Blaine Gibson; Brad Case
Associate
Producer: Perce Pearce
Cartoon
Director: Wilfred Jackson
Photoplay
Director: Harve Foster
Release
Date: November 2 1946
Running
Time: 91+ minutes
Here is something
interesting to look for on Splash Mountain.
If you are staring
directly at the steamboat as you turn the corner, have
your eyes focus on the animal on the top right of the
steamboat. I forget if it's a duck or not, but he is
playing an instrument. A Cast Member told me that this
animal's shadow is Uncle Remus! If you take a look at
it, it really does!
After reading about the Uncle Remus shadow, I watched a
home video and saw it!! Then a couple of days ago I was
at WDW and was riding and I saw it again! It looks just
like him
In Who Framed Roger
Rabbit (1988), Song of the South had five cameos, the most
characters from any single film shown within the movie:
1) Brer Bear can be seen walking off the
Maroon Cartoons studio lot.
2) In the first Toon Town sequence, the three Sis Moles
pop up from the ground
3) And afterwards, the Tar Baby can be seen sitting on
the back fence.
4) The three hummingbirds say "Hi Eddie" and "Bye Eddie"
as he drives by.
5) Brer Bear can be seen in the toon crowd of the final
scene.
More facts and info on the great site
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