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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Horror · Fantasy · Animation · 1949

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

“Two Tall Tales by the world's top story-tellers in one hilarious All-Cartoon Feature!”

1949 Horror · Fantasy · Animation 1h 8m

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6.5 / 10

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The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

James Algar · Clyde Geronimi · Jack Kinney

Written by

Erdman Penner · Winston Hibler · Joe Rinaldi · Ted Sears

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")

Eric Blore

Eric Blore

Mr. Toad (voice)

J. Pat O'Malley

J. Pat O'Malley

Cyril Proudbottom (voice)

J

John McLeish

Prosecutor (voice)

Colin Campbell

Colin Campbell

Mole (voice)

C

Campbell Grant

Angus MacBadger (voice)

Court is in session

Put The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.