Bambi (1942)


Bambi
Release Date08 August 1942
US Box Office$103,000,000
TaglineWalt Disney's multiplane technicolor feature
GenreAnimation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeAnimated
Film ClassChildren's Fantasy, Animated Musical
Niche GenreChildren's/Family
ThemesDeath of a Parent
TonesFanciful, Gentle, Heartwarming, Sweet, Lyrical, Poignant
TagsAnimal, Coming Of Age, Deer, Friendship, Love, Man, Natural Selection, Survivor

Bambi is a 1942 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the book Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten. The film was released by RKO Radio Pictures on August 13, 1942, and it is the fifth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Hardie Albright
Adolescent Bambi

Stan Alexander
Young Flower

Bobette Audrey
Additional Voices

Peter Behn
Young Thumper

Thelma Boardman
Mrs. Quail, Pheasant

Janet Chapman
Additional Voices

Jeanne Christy
Additional Voices

Dolyn Bramston Cook
Additional Voices

Marion Darlington
Bird Sounds

Tim Davis
Adult Thumper, Adolescent Flower

Donnie Dunagan
Young Bambi

Adult Thumper

Adult Faline

Mr. Mole

Eddie Holden
Chipmunk

Adult Flower

Jack Horner
Additional Voices

Thelma Hubbard
Girl Bunny, Quail Mother, Female Pheasant

Young Faline

Mary Lansing
Aunt Ena, Mrs. Possum

Margaret Lee
Thumper's Mother

Bullfrog

Babs Nelson
Additional Voices

Sandra Lee Richards
Additional Voices

Francesca Santoro
Additional Voices

Fred Shields
Great Prince Of The Forest

Bobby Stewart
Baby Bambi

John Sutherland
Adult Bambi

Paula Winslowe
Pheasant , Bambi's Mother

Elouise Wohlwend
Additional Voices

Will Wright
Friend Owl

Director

David Hand

Writer

Felix Salten

Perce Pearce

Larry Morey

Vernon Stallings

Melvin Shaw

Carl Fallberg

Chuck Couch

Producer

producer

Original Music

Edward H. Plumb

Cinematographer

Max Morgan
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Art Director

Tom Codrick

Robert Cormack

Lloyd Harting
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David Hilberman
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John Hubley
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Dick Kelsey
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McLaren Stewart
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Al Zinnen
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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jack Atwood
assistant director

Mike Holoboff
assistant director

Bob Ogle
assistant director

Art Department

Jules Engel
atmosphere sketches

Lew Keller
atmosphere sketches

Harold Miles
atmosphere sketches

Sylvia Moberly-Holland
atmosphere sketches

Zack Schwartz
atmosphere sketches

Glenn Scott
atmosphere sketches

Gustaf Tenggren
atmosphere sketches

Sound Department

Keith Rogers
sound re-recording mixer

C.O. Slyfield
sound director

Visual Effects

Patrick L. Almanza
restoration artist

Casey James Basichis
restoration artist

Jeff Schiffman
restoration artist

Rachel Clement
restoration artist

Animation Department

Dick Anthony
background artist

Preston Blair
animator

Jack Bradbury
animator

Merle Cox
background artist

Marc Davis
animator

Phil Duncan
animator

Art Elliott
animator

Bernard Garbutt
animator

Ray Huffine
background artist

Ken Hultgren
animator

Travis Johnson
background artist

supervising animator: "Thumper"

Bill Justice
animator

Milt Kahl
supervising animator

Eric Larson
supervising animator

Ed Levitt
background artist

Don Lusk
animator

Bob McIntosh
background artist

Joshua Meador
animator

Ken O'Brien
animator

Art Palmer
animator

Art Riley
background artist

George Rowley
animator

Louie Schmitt
animator

Retta Scott
animator

Stan Spohn
background artist

Joe Stahley
background artist

supervising animator: "Thumper"

Tyrus Wong
background artist

Edwin Aardal
animator

Jerome Brown
animator

Paul Busch
animator

Lars Calonius
animator

Brad Case
animator

Ugo D'Orsi
animator

Russ Dyson
animator

James Escalante
animator

Art Fitzpatrick
animator

Joseph Gayek
animator

Blaine Gibson
assistant animator

George Goepper
animator

Franklin Grundeen
animator

Harry Hamsel
animator

Joseph Harbaugh
animator

M. James
animator

Lynn Karp
animator

Jack Kinney
animator: opening sequence

Paul B. Kossoff
animator

Dan MacManus
animator

Fred Madison
animator

Murray McClellan
animator

John McManus
animator

Bill Melendez
assistant animator

James Moore
animator

Curt Perkins
layout artist

John Reed
animator

Glenn Scott
layout artist

Hazel Sewell
animator

Sandy Strother
animator

Don Tobin
animator

Harvey Toombs
animator

Don Towsley
animator

Noel Tucker
animator

Karl Van Leuven
animator

Jim Will
animator

Vernon G. Witt
animator

Cornett Wood
animator

Cy Young
animator

Robert W. Youngquist
animator

Music Department

Charles Henderson
music arranger: choral arrangements

Paul J. Smith
orchestrator

Alexander Steinert
conductor

Charles Wolcott
orchestrator

Other Crew

sequence director

Samuel Armstrong
sequence director

Chuck Couch
story developer

presenter

Carl Fallberg
story developer

Charles Garcia
digital restoration: Pixel Magic

Graham Heid
sequence director

Bill Roberts
sequence director

Paul Satterfield
sequence director

Melvin Shaw
story developer

Vernon Stallings
story developer

Norman Wright
sequence director

story developer

Donna Atwood
ice skating model: "Thumper"

Maurice Day
researcher

Don Graham
consultant: animal anatomy and motion

Rico Lebrun
consultant: animal anatomy and motion

ice skating model

Robert Winkler
voice-over

Dee Worth
secretary

Vi Zimmerman
secretary

Thanks

appreciation: inspiring collaboration

Production Company

Walt Disney Productions
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Distributor

RKO Radio Pictures
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Buena Vista Film Distribution Company

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Abril Vídeo

Gativideo

Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Buena Vista Pictures

Daiei Motion Picture Company






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