Disney has held the picture to an hour of running time, which is an excellent concession to young children, and he has not let any horror stuff slip in. J., and Casey Jones Jr., the circus engine, which squeals and jumps forward whenever the rattling cars bump into him.Very wisely, Mr. There are Jim Crow, the loud and fancy sport who cackles, "Well, hush mah beak!" and his raffish crew of dusky satellites the Messenger Stork who sings a jingle when he delivers Dumbo to Mrs. There is also that hilarious business in which the elephants build themselves into a pyramid, groaning and wobbling atop one another in ponderous and perilous suspense. There is a truly brilliant sequence-one of the finest things that Disney has yet done -in which a phantasmagoria of pink elephants glide and mold through grotesque patterns and shapes after Dumbo has sipped the champagne. Disney has crammed it with, countless of his fanciful delights. Thus he becomes the flying elephant, the precocious pachyderm, and finally ascends to triumph over all the other elephants.That gives but a meagre impression of the charms you will find in "Dumbo." For Mr. But along comes Timothy Mouse, who encourages the woe-begone mite together chance leads them to imbibe a tub of diluted champagne, and out of this fortunate accident Dumbo discovers that he can fly. So frigid, in fact, is their contempt that little Dumbo gets a positive complex. Jumbo, one of the circus "girls," and how he is cruelly ridiculed by all the gossipy old female elephants because of his oversized ears. Disney and his boys have told a tale of how he is born to Mrs.
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Dumbo is a cunning little fellow-more lovable than Dopey, and likewise as dumb-with tiny, mole skin trunk, soft and trusting blue eyes, pin-cushiony contours and ears the size of flapping sails.And with this funny object as their hero, Mr. Of course he isn't just a usual elephant. But after meeting up with Dumbo at the Broadway Theatre last night we have thoroughly transferred our affections to this package of pachyderm. Disney has turned out, but it certainly is the most winsome, and the one that leaves you with the warmest glow.Never did we expect to fall in love with an elephant. It may not be the most impressive feature that Mr. This time they have made a picture which touches the very heart of sentiment. This time they have let their kindlier natures have more commanding play. Disney and his genii have kept them-selves within comfortable, familiar bounds. But this is a sober opinion, believe us, which takes into account the pristine freshness of "Snow White," the sparkling beauty of "Pinocchio" and the rich, enchanting variety of the more recent "Fantasia." For this time Mr. Ladeez and gentlemen, see "Dumbo," a film you will never forget.Maybe you think we are barking a little bit louder than we should. See the wonderland you first saw within the pages of story books. See the marvelous trick-performing animals in the biggest little show on earth. Ladeez and gentlemen, step right this way-to the Broadway Theatre, that is-and see the most genial, the most endearing, the most completely precious cartoon feature film ever to emerge from the magical brushes of Walt Disney's wonder-working artists! See the remarkable baby elephant that flies with the greatest of ease.