Mayerson on Animation

This sequence shows the aftermath of Dumbo's flying. The montage is a great snapshot of the public's preoccupations at the end of th...

Finally, Dumbo triumphs and shows his worth. Note the large gap between shots 3 and 18. The missing shots that are on the draft are all of ...

While there are nice bits of animation in this sequence, this section is really dominated by story and layout. The way in which the audienc...

Except for two shots, one by Walt Kelly and the other by Don Towsley, Ward Kimball and Fred Moore dominate this sequence. Kimball does the ...

This is a continued discussion of the "Up in the Tree" sequence. The first part dealt with racial issues surrounding the crow ch...

And so we come to the crows. Any controversy attached to this film has revolved around the crows. Some see them as a racist portrayal, oth...

I'm going to start off with a plea. Hans Perk's documentation for Dumbo is incomplete in several areas, but never more frustrating...

Dumbo is still tearful after seeing his mother and gets the hiccups as a result. Timothy has Dumbo drink water from the tub the clowns knoc...

The clowns are still celebrating and decide to raise the platform that Dumbo jumps from. On their way out to ask for a raise, one of them k...

This sequence, the song "Baby Mine," is the emotional center of the film. Looking at it by itself, it's surprising how little...

Once again, the film relies on contrast to make a point. The preceding sequence had the clowns celebrating their successful performance. H...

The clowns celebrate their success and toast Dumbo. So far the clowns are the only characters beside Timothy to say anything nice about the...

Dumbo is now part of the clown's act. There are interesting parallels between this sequence and what's gone before. The clown with...

The elephants, who have all suffered from the collapse of the pachyderm pyramid, learn that Dumbo has been made a clown and take an oath dec...