JohnHowardReid An omnibus of short song segments, climaxed by an extended fantasy with Nelson Eddy in which the singer voices for a whale. This is indeed the highlight of the movie, with Eddy running through "Shortnin' Bread", "Largo al Factotum" from Rossini's Barber of Seville, the sextette (yes, the sextette, with Eddy singing all the voices) from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, "Vesti la giubba" from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, and arias from Boito's Mephistoles, Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, von Flotow's Martha. Jazz fans will revel in a couple of numbers performed by Benny Goodman, the first, "All the Cats Join In", with his orchestra and The Pied Pipers; the second, "After You've Gone", with a quartet comprising himself, Cozy Cole, Teddy Wilson and Sid Weiss. The King's Men sing "The Martins and the Coys"; the Ken Darby Chorus, "Blue Bayou" (the accompanying animation was originally executed for Fantasia where it was set to the music of Debussy's "Clair de Lune" which of course it suits much more happily); Andy Russell, "Without You"; Jerry Colonna narrates and sings "Casey at the Bat"; Dinah Shore sings "Two Silhouettes"; the Andrews Sisters, "Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet"; Sterling Holloway narrates "Peter and the Wolf" by Serge Prokofiev.COMMENT: A very mixed bag indeed. And not only musically. The drawings also vary wildly, from the imaginatively surrealistic "After You've Gone" to the pretty-pretty picture postcard "Blue Bayou", from the frantically cartoon-like "Casey at the Bat" to the inventively view-pointed "Johnny Fedora". Naturally some sequences come across with greater impact than others, but even the more innocuous valleys serve an overall purpose. In all, I thought the movie well up to Disney's usual superlative standards of artistry and entertainment — and so did MMA's very enthusiastic audience of university students and the like, who had previously seen little (if any) animation of such craftsmanship. Unlike most other Disney cartoon features, "Make Mine Music" has, to my knowledge, never been theatrically re-released in its original form. All ten segments were re-issued as shorts, and this is the format in which they are usually aired on television. Fortunately, the good news is that the Disney DVD has restored the film to its original brilliance.

OllieSuave-007 This is Walt Disney's eighth full length animated feature film. This film is another one of six package films (string of short stories bundled in one movie), which contains 10 featurettes from the semi-adventurous Peter and the Wolf to the sad Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met - all set through contemporary Golden Era oldies music.This film's animation wasn't bad for its time and the music, well, you have to be true enthusiasts of jazz, blues, and big band in order to appreciate the music. Otherwise, you might find the soundtrack quite boring. Much of the segments weren't very appealing as it didn't stand out as far as personality, fun, or charm, which is something another segmented film, Fantasia, had. The Peter and the Wolf, fedora and bonnet love story, and the singing whale segments were the only ones that grabbed any of my attention.While unique, the overall film is not an attention grabber and children certainly wouldn't be able to sit through it. It falls short of entertainment and it won't hurt to skip over this one. If you're looking to watch a Disney "package" film with a little more excitement, I would go with Fun and Fancy Free and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.Grade D

PeachHamBeach MAKE MINE MUSIC is too jumbled. It's supposed to be a "mix" of the language of emotions, which is music, but it's an awkward attempt as we are treated to either boring ballet ballads or obnoxious jazz be-bop segments. I enjoyed "Blue Bayou" for its visual splendor, "Johnny Fedora & Alice Bluebonnet" for its cuteness, "Peter & The Wolf" because Sterling Holloway is the best! and "Casey At The Bat" because I also love Jerry Colonna's (sp?) voice, though "Casey" feels sad and incomplete when it ends with the ball player striking out and nothing more is said. The other segments, including the annoying singing whale, could have been axed in favor of part 2 of "Casey", which I've seen on TV years ago, about Casey having 9 daughters and coaching them as a baseball team. Walt Disney was trying to help audiences find an appreciation of different genres of music, but this mostly is a disappointment.

Sean A. Owens Most Disney fans are not too familiar with some of the Disney Animated Classics such as this one. I am not one of those. "Make Mine Music" just shows us more of what the master himself, Walt Disney, has created. I have heard from a few people that the "Martins and the Coys" segment has been removed from the newly released DVD version. Why that segment was removed, I don't know (probably because of the amount of violence). Other than that, the other segments are very memorable. Segments like "Peter and the Wolf", "Casey at the Bat" and "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met" are amusing, catchy, and fun to watch. My favorite segment of the movie would have to be "Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet", which I had completely forgotten was part of this movie. All segments of "Make Mine Music" have been shown on various Disney videos and Disney TV specials. This is just a great movie; it's just as good as all the other Disney Animated Classics. I'm sure that kids of all ages will enjoy it.