Egyptian Melodies
Egyptian Melodies | |
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![]() Title card from Disney short Egyptian Melodies (1931) | |
Directed by | Wilfred Jackson |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Music by | Frank Churchill |
Animation by | Ben Sharpsteen Cecil Surry Rudy Zamora David Hand |
Layouts by | |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | August 21, 1931 |
Running time | 6 min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Egyptian Melodies is a 1931 Silly Symphonies animated short subject produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson.[1]
Plot[]
In the film, a spider wanders down into an Egyptian tomb. His entrance is seen as if following the spider and is certainly a notable technique in animation of the period. Once inside the tomb, the mummies begin to dance and the hieroglyphics come to life.
Reception[]
Variety (February 23, 1932): "One of Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies and just fair filler matter. Nice penmanship, as usual in this series, is outstanding. Starts out as though it's going to be original, with an Egyptian background, and one of the sphinxes suddenly opens a door. Spider crawls in and down corridors, with then the usual ghost and mummy stuff."[2]
Home media[]
The short was released on December 4, 2001, on Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies - The Historic Musical Animated Classics.[3][1]
References[]
- ^ a b Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J. B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Disney Editions. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
- ^ "Talking Shorts". Variety: 13. February 23, 1932. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^ "Silly Symphonies: The Historic Musical Animated Classics DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
External links[]
- English-language films
- American animated short films
- 1931 short films
- 1931 animated films
- 1931 films
- 1930s Disney animated short films
- American films
- Films directed by Wilfred Jackson
- Films produced by Walt Disney
- Films set in Egypt
- Silly Symphonies
- Mummy films
- Films scored by Frank Churchill
- American black-and-white films
- Columbia Pictures animated short films
- Columbia Pictures short films
- Disney animated film stubs