The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley
Frances Gifford
Doris - Studio Artist
Buddy Pepper
Humphrey - Studio Guide
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Benchley
Claud Allister
Sir Giles (segment "The Reluctant Dragon")
Barnett Parker
The Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon")
Jack Cutting
Director
Billy Lee
The Boy (segment "The Reluctant Dragon")
Florence Gill
Florence Gill
Ub Iwerks
Director
Jack Kinney
Director
Clarence Nash
Clarence Nash
Ward Kimball
Ward Kimball / Animation
Jimmy Luske
Baby Weems Model
Norman Ferguson
Norm Ferguson
Alan Ladd
Baby Weems Storyboard Artist
Alfred L. Werker
Director
Truman Woodworth
Truman Woodworth
Hamilton Luske
Director
Hamilton MacFadden
Hamilton MacFadden
Maurice Murphy
Baby Weems Storyboard Artist
Kenneth Grahame
Writer
Ted Sears
Writer
John Dehner
Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (uncredited)
Walt Disney
Walt Disney (uncredited) / Producer
Al Perkins
Writer
Frank Faylen
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Larry Clemmons
Writer
Frank Churchill
Composer
Gerald Mohr
Studio Guard / Narrator (segment 'Baby Weems') (voice) (uncredited)
Larry Morey
Composer
Eddie Marr
Walter Winchell (segment 'Baby Weems') (voice) (uncredited)
Bert Glennon
Cinematographer
Winton C. Hoch
Cinematographer
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Wolfgang Reitherman
Animation
Ken Anderson
Art Direction
William Cottrell
Screenplay
Frank Oreb
Animation
George Rowley
Animation
Edwin Aardal
Animation
Joshua Meador
Animation
Art Palmer
Animation
Fred Moore
Animation
Charles Philippi
Art Direction
Art Fitzpatrick
Animation
Hugh Hennesy
Art Direction
John F. Reed
Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 19, 1941
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Content RatingG
Budget$600
Genres
Wiki.
The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 American live-action/animated anthology comedy film produced by Walt Disney, directed by Alfred Werker, and released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 27, 1941. Essentially a tour of the then-new Walt Disney Studios facility in Burbank, California, the film stars Algonquin Round Table member, film actor, writer and comedian Robert Benchley and many Disney staffers such as Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Norman Ferguson, Clarence Nash, and Walt Disney, all as themselves.
The first twenty minutes of the film are in black-and-white, and the remainder is in Technicolor. Most of the film is live-action, with four short animated segments inserted into the running time: a black-and-white segment featuring Casey Junior from Dumbo; and three Technicolor cartoons: Baby Weems (presented as a storyboard), Goofy's How to Ride a Horse, and the extended-length short The Reluctant Dragon, based upon Kenneth Grahame's book of the same name. The total length of all animated parts is 40 minutes.