DISNEY - DUMBO(1941)
Again, I haven't seen this movie in YEARS!! However, I
remember this as truely a classic!! The music is perfect,
and specifically, Baby Mine is a beautiful lullaby for any
child! A must watch/own for Disney fans! A
A review from Amazon:
A Disney "classic" that actually is a classic, Dumbo should
be part of your video collection whether or not you have
children. The storytelling was never as lean as in Dumbo,
the songs rarely as haunting (or just plain weird), the
characters rarely so well defined. The film pits the "cold,
cruel, heartless" world that can't accept abnormality
against a plucky, and mute, hero. Jumbo Jr. (Dumbo is
a mean-spirited nickname) is ostracized from the circus
pack shortly after his delivery by the stork because of
his big ears. His mother sticks up for him and is shackled.
He's jeered by children (an insightful scene has one boy
poking fun at Dumbo's ears, even though the youngster's
ears are also ungainly), used by the circus folk, and demoted
to appearing with the clowns. Only the decent Timothy Q.
Mouse looks out for the little guy. Concerns about
the un-PC "Jim Crow" crows, who mock Dumbo with
the wonderful "When I See an Elephant Fly," should be
moderated by remembering that the crows are the only
social group in the film who act kindly to the little outcast.
If you don't mist up during the "Baby Mine" scene, you
may be legally pronounced dead. --Keith Simanton