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Song of the South is a 1946 American live-action/animated musical comedy-drama film directed by Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson, produced by Walt Disney, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on the Uncle Remus stories as adapted by Joel Chandler Harris , stars James Baskett in his final film role, and features the voices of Johnny ...
Even as controversy clung to Song of the South, it took Disney decades to fully reckon with its legacy.The movie was re-released in theaters multiple times, most recently on its 40th anniversary ...
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" is a song composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert for the Disney 1946 live action and animated movie Song of the South, sung by James Baskett. [1] For "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", the film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song [ 1 ] and was the second Disney song to win this award, after " When You Wish upon a ...
"Song of the South" is a song written by Bob McDill. First recorded by American country music artist Bobby Bare on his 1980 album Drunk & Crazy , a version by Johnny Russell reached number 57 on the U.S. Billboard country chart in 1981.
Disney Animation Studios’ chief creative officer Jennifer Lee had not yet written the script for “Wish” when Grammy nominated songwriter Julia Michaels wrote the demo for “This Wish” in ...
Like 1946's Song of the South, the film combines animation and live action. It is based on the 1943 Sterling North book Midnight and Jeremiah. The book was revised by North to parallel the film's storyline amendments and then re-issued under the same title as the film.
The Hays Office reviewed Reymond's outline of Song of the South, and demanded that some terminology, such as characters referring to Remus as an "old darkie" be removed from Reymond's treatment. [17] Reymond's depiction of African Americans in the original treatment of the screenplay was considered controversial at the time and caused multiple ...
Maurice Harry Rapf (May 19, 1914 – April 15, 2003) [1] [2] [3] was an American screenwriter and professor of film studies. His work includes the screenplays for early Disney live-action features Song of the South (1946) and So Dear to My Heart (1949), uncredited work on the screenplay for the animated feature Cinderella (1950), [4] and several films of the late 1930s.