Walt Disney, who is never further back in the film parade than the front line, presents a new and novel treatment of animated cartoons in a group of illustrated classical musical compositions, under the title of "Fantasia." Heretofore, Disney has worked solely in collaboration with his own highly trained staff of animators, story-tellers and musicians. In "Fantasia" he has enlisted the assistance of Leopold Stokowski, the Philadelphia Symphony orchestra, and Deems Taylor as screen commentator.
“Fantasia” best can be described as a successful experiment to life the relationship from the plane of popular, mass entertainment to the higher strata of appeal to lovers of classical music. The boost isn’t so far from general taste as might be imagined, in the light of the proselyting which radio, has been carrying on in millions of American homes for some years.
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