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Dumbo 1941

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 64 min

genre: fantasy

theme: animated

director: Ben Sharpsteen

Score: 7 / 10

Dumbo is a 1941 American animated fantasy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, and illustrated by Helen Durney for the prototype of a novelty toy ("Roll-a-Book").

Plot

In Florida, while a large circus spends the off-season in its winter grounds, a flock of white storks delivers many babies to the animals. One elephant, Mrs. Jumbo, does not receive her baby, and keeps scanning the sky in hope. The next spring, the circus sets out on a new tour. A belated stork catches up with a moving train named Casey Jr. and drops off the expected baby elephant, Jumbo Jr. The other elephants are initially delighted, until they see the baby has revealed far-oversized ears, and mockingly nickname him "Dumbo". Mrs. Jumbo shows her baby great care and love, defending him from the others' abuse.

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author	Dick Huemer Joe Grant
award	Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Florida
director	Ben Sharpsteen Bill Roberts Jack Kinney Norm Ferguson Samuel Armstrong Wilfred Jackson
events	Outsider self-discovery social status
genre	animation drama fantasy
keywords	american crow baby baby elephant big top break build bully burning building champagne cinema of the united states circus circus train clown crow cry drink elephant feather flock of white storks delivers many babies to the animals hallucinate hiccup his pen hollywood indian elephant jump lock up morning move pen ringmaster sad story sideshow spank spring train unsettle
musicBy	Frank Churchill Oliver Wallace
nomination	Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score
producer	Walt Disney
productionCompany	Walt Disney Animation Studios
publisher	RKO Pictures
theme	animated children's musical transport