Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
November 10, 1953Release Date
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
November 10, 1953Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Loulie Jean Norman
Penelope Pinfeather
Thurl Ravenscroft
The Mellomen
Bill Thompson
Professor Owl / Bertie Birdbrain
Walt Disney
Producer
Julius Svendsen
Animation
Ward Kimball
Director
Art Stevens
Animation
Charles A. Nichols
Director
Charles Nichols
Director
Dick Huemer
Writer
Tom Oreb
Characters
Joseph Dubin
Composer
Gloria Wood
Suzy Sparrow
Xavier Atencio
Animation
Marc Davis
Animation
Eyvind Earle
Color Designer
Kendall O'Connor
Art Direction
Henry Tanous
Animation
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
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.
