Cast _* Interesting Facts _* Wind in the Willows _* The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Directed by: James Algar & Clyde Geronimi
Written by: Washington Irvin, Homer Brightman & Winston Hibler
Music by: Frank Churchill & Oliver Wallace

Released on: October 5, 1949
Running Time: 68 minutes

Budget: $
Box-Office: $ in the U.S., $ million worldwide
 
 

CAST

Narrator ("The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")... Bing Crosby
Narrator ("The Wind in the Willows")... Basil Rathbone
Mr. Toad... Eric Blore
Cyril Proudbottom... Pat O'Malley
Prosecutor... John McLeish
Mole... Colin Campbell
Angus MacBadger ... Campbell Grant
Rat... Claud Allister
Winky... Ollie Wallace
 
 

INTERESTING FACTS

  The Studio was almost ready to return to "true" feature animation -the last release was Bambi 7 years earlier and the studio was still recuperating from the effects of the War.  This film was technically a package film, but consisted of just 2 longish featurettes -its original title was "Two Fabulous Characters".

  The two stories have been released separately on video as "Wind in the Willows" (75 minutes) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (49 minutes).  They were released on video as a feature film for their 50th anniversary, in 1999.

  This movie fell short of being a great movie, but it was a significant step towards regaining past glories.  It won the 1950 Golden Globe for Best Cinematography.