Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
November 10, 1953Release Date
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
November 10, 1953Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Bill Thompson
Professor Owl / Bertie Birdbrain
Loulie Jean Norman
Penelope Pinfeather
Gloria Wood
Susy Sparrow
Thurl Ravenscroft
The Mellomen
Walt Disney
Producer
Ward Kimball
Director / Animation
Dick Huemer
Story
Julius Svendsen
Animation
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Release DateNovember 10, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time10m
Content RatingNR
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Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom is a 1953 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, Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom won the 1954 Oscar for Best Short Subject (Cartoons). 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. 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.