am2xAnimated Movies was launched by Olivier Mouroux in 1999. In addition to a daily news report, he also created a database of information about past, current, and upcoming films. In 2003, he took a job in the industry and had to give up his work on the site. Several fans of Animated Movies decided to take on the task of keeping the news portion of his site going, and founded what is now Animated Views.

As AV turns 15, let's take a look back at the site we descended from. Below you can explore the database Olivier compiled at Animated Movies during its existence, as it last appeared online in October 2003.

Cast * Interesting Facts



The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, narrated by Bing CrosbyDirected 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: 49 minutes

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

CAST

Narrator... Bing Crosby



 
 

INTERESTING FACTS

Bing Crosby (1904-1977)Bing Crosby was the fourth of seven children of a Tacoma, Washington, brewery bookkeeper Harry Lowe Crosby and Kate Harrigan Crosby. He studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane but was more interested in playing the drums and singing with a local band. Bing and the band's piano player, Al Rinker, left Spokane for Los Angeles in 1925. In the early 1930s Bing's brother Everett sent a record of Bing singing "I Surrender, Dear" to the president of CBS. His live performances from New York were carried over the national radio network for 20 consecutive weeks in 1932. His radio success led Paramount Pictures to include him in The Big Broadcast of 1932 (1932), a film featuring radio favorites. His songs about not needing a bundle of money to make life happy was the right message for the decade of the Great Depression. His relaxed, low key style carried over into the road comedies made with Bob Hope. He won the best actor Oscar for playing an easy going priest in Going My Way (1944). He showed that he was indeed an actor as well as a performer when he played an alcoholic down on his luck opposite Grace Kelly in The Country Girl (1954). Playing golf was what he liked to do best. He died at age 73 playing golf at a course outside Madrid -- after completing a tour of England that had included a sold-out engagement at the London Palladium.
 
 
 
Ichabod Crane
The Headless Horseman

 

Norman Rockwell's interpretation of Ichabod Crane"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is the re-telling of the Sketch Book (1819-20) by Washington Irving. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

Washington Irving (1783-1859)Washington Irving was born in New York City on April 3, 1783. Irving was the last of eleven children born to a prosperous merchant family. He studied law while travelling through Europe and was received into the bar in 1806, although he never attended college or was required to by his family. He never really became a lawyer and his interests during the times were of writing. After that was the beginning of his writing career.

Many of Irving's works dealt directly with English life and customs rather than American life of his time, which he never attempted to come to terms with. In 1819, Irving wrote a collection of essays and short stories collaborated in The Sketch Book. This book was by far Irving's most popular work that was widely acclaimed in both England and the United States for its benevolence, grace, and humor. Included in this collection were two of Irving's most loved pieces, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. As Irving grew older, he spent much of his time traveling and writing and did not seem to hold many substantial jobs. Of the few jobs he had, Irving was a member of the staff of the United States legation in Madrid from 1826 until1829. In 1842 Irving was appointed U.S. minister to Madrid until 1846. After this he moved back to New York to a country home where he lived until his death.
 
 



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