The Blue Danube

Overview

A conductor, in silhouette against sheet music, leads the title tune, which dissolves into a series of placid landscapes. As the music picks up, we see a water wheel, then a dancing fairy emerges from a whirlpool and begins singing, to the delight of small woodland creatures. The birds awaken sleeping cherubs, who begin their work of harvesting all things blue and adding them to the river. The birds even do their part, harvesting the color blue from the rainbow. Everyone tugs to open a floodgate and unleash the cerulean waters. A swan, festively decorated, leads a gondola of sorts lit by fireflies.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 28, 1939

Original language

English

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director

Hugh Harman

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0031109