Walt Disney Studios: Feature Films: Fantasia

1940

Walt Disney Studios

Distributed by:

 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Cartoon Characters:

 Mickey Mouse, Hop Low, Mushroom Dancers, Dewdrop Fairies, Autumn Fairies, Yen Sid, Mlle. Upanova, Hyacinth Hippo, Elephanchine, Ben Ali Gator, Chernabog.

Vocal Talent:

 Deems Taylor (Master of Ceremonies), Leopold Stokowski (Conductor, The Philadelphia Orchestra), Walt Disney (Mickey Mouse), Julietta Novis (Soloist "Ave Maria"), James Macdonald (Percussionist, uncredited), Paul J. Smith (Violinist, uncredited), Hugh Douglas (Narrator, 1982 re-release), Tim Matheson (Narrator, 1982 re-release).

Directed By

 Ben Sharpsteen.
Sequence Director: Samuel Armstrong (Toccata, Fugue in D minor, Nutcracker Suite).
Sequence Director: James Algar (The Sorcerer's Apprentice).
Sequence Director: Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield (The Rite of Spring).
Sequence Director: Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, Ford Beebe (Pastoral Symphony).
Sequence Director: T. Hee, Norm Ferguson (Dance of the Hours).
Sequence Director: Wilfred Jackson (A Night on Bald Mountain).

Produced By

 Walt Disney.
Production Supervisor: Ben Sharpsteen (uncredited).

Animated By

 Edwin Aardal, Daniel MacManus, Joshua Meador, Art Palmer, George Rowley, Cornett Wood, Cy Young (Toccata and Fugue in D minor).
Art Babbitt, Les Clark, Don Lusk, Robert Stokes, Cy Young (The Nutcracker Suite).
Preston Blair, Les Clark, Ugo D'Orsi, Edward Love, George Rowley, Cornett Wood, Marvin Woodward (The Sorcerer's Apprentice).
Edwin Aardal, Paul Busch, Philip Duncan, Paul B. Kossoff, John McManus, Art Palmer (The Rite of Spring).
Jack Bradbury, Jack Campbell, John Elliotte, Harry Hamsel, Bill Justice, Lynn Karp, Walt Kelly, Don Lusk, James Moore, Milt Neil, Bernard Wolf, Robert W. Youngquist (Pastoral Symphony).
Preston Blair, Art Elliott, Hugh Fraser, Franklin Grundeen, Hicks Lokey, John Lounsbery, Ray Patterson, Grant Simmons, Howard Swift (Dance of the Hours).
Bob Carlson, John McManus, Lester Novros, Don Patterson, William Shull (A Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria).
Supervising Animators: Fred Moore, Bill Tytla (The Sorcerer's Apprentice).
Joshua Meador, Wolfgang Reitherman (The Rite of Spring).
Art Babbitt, Oliver M. Johnston Jr., Ward Kimball, Eric Larson, Fred Moore, Don Towsley (Pastoral Symphony).
Norman Ferguson (Dance of the Hours).
Bill Tytla (A Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria).
Special Effects Animation: Daniel MacManus, Joshua Meador, Miles E. Pike, John F. Reed (A Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria).

Written By

 Joe Grant, Dick Huener (Orchestral Sequence)
Lee Blair, Elmer Plummer, Phil Dike (Toccata in D Minor)
Sylvia Moberly-Holland, Norman Wright, Albert Heath, Bianca Majolie, Graham Heid (The Nutcracker Suite)
Perce Pearce, Carl Fallberg (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
William Martin, Leo Thiele, Robert Sterner, John McLeish (Rite of Spring)
Otto Englander, Webb Smith, Erdman Penner, Joseph Sabo, Bill Peet, Vernon Stallings (Pastoral Symphony)
Campbell Grant, Arthur Heinemann, Phil Dike (Bald Mountain/Ave Maria).

Edited By

 Stephen Csillag.
Film Editor, 1990 Restoration: John Carnochan.

Music By

 Leopold Stokowski (Conductor)
Johann Sebastian Bach ("Toccata, Fugue in D Minor")
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ("Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a")
Paul Dukas ("L'apprenti Sorcier")
Igor Stravinsky ("The Rite of Spring")
Ludwig van Beethoven ("6th symphony in F, Op.68 'Pastorale'")
Amilcare Ponchielli ("La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours")
Modest Mussorgsky ("A Night on Bald Mountain")
Franz Schubert ("Ave Maria").
Choral Director: Charles Henderson (A Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria).