Music Land

Jun 11, 1955

1h 9m

★ 6.0

The BIG Parade of Mirth and Melody!

Overview

Walt Disney animation animated cartoon musical compilation ("The BIG Parade of MIRTH and MELODY"; "Offering hits re-released from 'Make Mine Music' and 'Melody Time'"; featuring cartoons from the 1946 musical, "Make Mine Music," and the 1948 musical "Melody Time") featuring Donald Duck, Joe Carioca, and other Disney cartoon characters, and also songs by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Frances Langford, Roy Rogers and Trigger, The Andrews Sisters (Laverne, Maxene, and Patty Andrews), Freddy Martin and his orchestra, Sons of the Pioneers, Jerry Colonna, and Ethel Smith

Genres

Animation

Comedy

Music

Fantasy

Family

Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

Music Land Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Orchestra Leader (archive footage)

Fred Waring

Orchestra Leader (archive footage)

Benny Goodman

Singer (archive footage)

Frances Langford

Singer (archive footage)

Roy Rogers

Orchestra Leader (archive footage)

Freddy Martin

Narrator (archive footage)

Jerry Colonna

Organ Player (archive footage)

Ethel Smith

Singer (archive footage)

Bob Nolan

Singer (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laverne Andrews

Singer (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maxene Andrews

Singer (archive footage) (uncredited)

Patty Andrews

Piano Player (archive footage) (uncredited)

Teddy Wilson

Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.

0.0

Words and Music

Aug 18, 1929

Phil and Pete compete for Mary's love and also in a contest for best song written by a college student.

0.0

The Harvest

Dec 22, 2017

Gurwinder comes from Punjab, he’s been working for years as a farm hand in Agro Pontino, not far from Rome. Since he first came in Italy, he’s been living with the rest of the Sikh community in Latina province. Hardeep is also Indian, but her stress is Roman, and she works as a cultural mediator. She, born and raised in Italy, is trying to free herself from the memories of a family that emigrated in another age, while he is forced, against his faith, to take methamphetamine and doping to bear the heavy work pace, to be able to send money in India.

0.0

BABYMETAL THE FIVE FOX FESTIVAL IN JAPAN - RED FOX FESTIVAL

Jul 19, 2017

Babymetal's second stop in their Five Fox Festival in Japan tour. In this July 19, 2017 performance at Akasaka Blitz (赤坂BLITZ) in Minato, Tokyo, Babymetal showcases their groundbreaking fusion of heavy metal, J-pop, and dance. This was a special fan event with attendance restricted to females.

5.4

Drama Drama

Oct 12, 2019

Five vastly different high school girls are assigned to lead an anti-bullying assembly, and in doing so, accidentally form a girl group that they call Drama Drama. The assembly is a hit, and a classmate convinces them to form a real band. As they write songs together, play at the homecoming dance, and prepare for a concert outside school, the band must navigate their own teenage drama: boys they like, jealous 'frenemies', the stress of passing their final year, and deciding their futures.

6.8

Rio

Apr 3, 2011

Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.

5.0

Noah's Ark

Nov 17, 2007

An animated comedy that recreates the misadventures of the passengers of the Ark built by Noah as per God’s request. It’s just that living together does not seem to come easy for the passengers on board.

3.8

The Suburbans

Oct 29, 1999

The Suburbans, a one-hit-wonder new wave band from the '80s, reunite at their bassist's wedding, where a promising young record executive sees the ensemble perform. When she encourages them to launch a revival, the group must weigh their dreams of fame and fortune against the reality of their relatively quiet domestic lives.

7.5

Emma

Nov 3, 2016

The tragic love story of two passionate teenagers, Emma and Rick. Featuring “Bleachless”, composed and performed by Elizabeth Grace.

0.0

Slide

Nov 5, 2025

The tale of a mythical cowboy who appears in a corrupt logging town (circa 1940s) and with the aid of his slide guitar and a giant Hellbug, he's able to battle the evil Mayor and his equally selfish twin brother to clean up the logging town of Sourdough Creek.

5.7

Joy of Living

May 6, 1938

Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.

7.0

Long Live Ghosts!

Nov 11, 1977

A trespassing gang of boys encounter a ghost in the ruins of a castle. When they rescue the ghost who is caught in a trapset, they become allies in a fight to prevent ruins from being turned into mushroom farm by the city authorities.

7.5

Help Me Dream

Mar 26, 1981

In 1943, during the war, Francesca, widowed, moves with her three daughters to her country house, to get away from the bombing of Bologna. In the villa she finds her childhood friends and her old love Guido, who has not forgotten her. Francesca has a passion for everything that comes from America, like music and cinema. She even tells her daughters that her husband who died in the war would actually leave for the USA, where he would live.

6.6

Topsy-Turvy

Dec 15, 1999

For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.

5.9

881

Aug 9, 2007

Two Singaporean girls join together to form the Papaya Sisters, a getai group that sings at performances during the seventh lunar month. Big Papaya is estranged from her mother, who disapproves of her performances, whilst Little Papaya is an orphan who suffers from terminal cancer. The two are assisted by Auntie Ling and her son, Guan Yin. The two soon rise to the top of the Singaporean getai scene singing traditional Hokkien songs, but their fame brings along with it the enmity of the Durian Sisters, a rival group of techno-singing Eurasian girls.

6.7

Perhaps Love

Dec 1, 2005

A love triangle develops between the male and female leads and the director during the making of a musical in Mainland China.