Musical Moments from Chopin

Musical Moments from Chopin or Chopin's Musical Moments[1] is a 1946 Academy Award-nominated Andy Panda cartoon, co-starring Woody Woodpecker. It features music by Frédéric Chopin and was the second Dick Lundy piece to be nominated for an Academy Award. Lundy directed all of Walter Lantz's classical music cartoon series.[2]

Musical Moments with Chopin
Directed byDick Lundy
Produced byWalter Lantz
Story byBen Hardaway
Milt Schaffer
Music byDarrell Calker
Animation byLaverne Harding
Les Kline
Backgrounds byFred Brunish
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
February 24, 1947
Running time
8 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Film

This clip starts with Andy Panda performing a Chopin polonaise on stage. As he does so, Woody Woodpecker wanders out and starts polishing the piano, and seems impressed by Andy's playing. Woody then plays along with Andy on following songs, either on the same or another grand piano, with increasing cut-aways to the animal audience and their own antics.

This film, part of the Musical Miniatures series, was nominated for an Academy Award for Short Subjects, Cartoons for 1946.[1]

Cultural references

The Chopin music used throughout the film includes:

Television show

In 1958, the television show The Woody Woodpecker Show premiered, and continued on the air in various forms for the next four decades. Episode 18 of its first season included Musical Moments from Chopin along with a 1948 short called Wacky Weed, and a making-of involving Walter Lantz and storyboarding.[3]

References
  1. "Results displayed by award category". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (2006). Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 217. ISBN 155783671X. Retrieved June 5, 2015. musical moments chopin academy award. This source incorrectly gives 1947 as the date of the film.
  3. "Wacky Weed/ Musical Moments From Chopin/A Moment With Walter Lantz/Beach Nut". TV.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
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