| Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Ward Kimball Charles A. Nichols |
| Story by | Dick Huemer |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Bill Thompson Thurl Ravenscroft Loulie Jean Norman Charlie Parlato Gloria Wood |
| Music by | Joseph Dubin Sonny Burke (songs) Jack Elliot (songs) |
| Animation by | Ward Kimball Julius Svendsen Marc Davis Henry Tanous Art Stevens Xavier Atencio |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
Release date |
|
Running time | 10 minutes (one reel) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom is an American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Ward Kimball and Charles A. Nichols. A sequel to the first Adventures in Music cartoon, the 3-D short Melody (released earlier in 1953), Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom is a stylized presentation of the evolution of the four orchestra sections over the ages with: the brass ("toot"), the woodwind ("whistle"), the strings ("plunk"), and the percussion ("boom").
The first Disney cartoon to be filmed and released in widescreen CinemaScope,[1] Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom won the 1954 Oscar for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).[2] In 1994, it was voted #29 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.
The short was originally released to theaters on November 10, 1953, and was the first release by Buena Vista Distribution, a distribution company established by Walt Disney.[3] When Disney's regular distributor RKO Radio Pictures resisted Disney's idea of releasing a feature-length True-Life Adventures nature documentary film, Disney formed his own distribution company to handle future Disney releases.[4]
- ^ Beck, Jerry (ed.) (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals. Atlanta: Turner Publishing. p. 130
- ^ Solomon, Charles (2002-07-09). "Ward Kimball, 88; Key Disney Animator". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ Mosley, Leonard. The Disney Films. Bonanza Books, 1978, p. 115.