While the use of Crosby was probably more than necessary for such a simple film (he was the top star in Hollywood), he does a terrific job in his usual amiable way and was the first of the celebrity voice actors, a development that did not truly take hold until the 1980s and 1990s.
It was the return to epic story-telling, though, that was the real key.īrom really gets into his tale of the Headless Horseman.Rather than just assemble a bunch of unrelated music videos such as "Make Mine Music," this film portrays a tale straight out of Americana along with another which evokes our collective history. As you would expect, the quality of the production was top-notch. Toad." The animation, of course, was crisp and fun, particularly the midnight ride of Ichabod facing the Headless Horseman. Ichabod enjoys Katrina's company.You can tell that the Disney studio was getting back into gear with "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. After a lot of deliberation and revisions, it finally was paired with the "Sleepy Hollow" segment, which also originally had been intended as a feature film but simply didn't have the heft (though that didn't stop a much later live-action production directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp). Ichabod has a way with the ladies.Rather than completely forget about it, Walt Disney brought the project back to life once things had settled down, although greatly whittling it down to make it part of a larger package rather than the feature-length film originally envisioned. The concept for the first segment pre-dated the war, but it had been shelved due to all the related problems and wartime propaganda projects that had taken top priority. Eric Blore plays Toad, and Pat O'Malley voices Cyril and several other characters in the first segment. Ichabod is never seen again, Brom marries Katrina, and rumors fly that Ichabod either married the overweight lady who had been Brom's date and had many children, or was taken to parts unknown by the Headless Horseman.īrom tells a tale.Crosby not only narrates, but he voices all the parts of the second segment. The Headless Horseman stops, but takes off his head (a jack-o-lantern) and throws it at Ichabod. Ichabod flees and, remembering what Brom had told him, crosses the bridge.
It turns out to be a false alarm, but then he sees the Headless Horseman himself approaching. He has to cross a cemetery and convinces himself that he can hear the horse of the Headless Horseman. Ichabod is quite polite - is that a good thing?Returning home from the party, Ichabod is terrified. Katrina thinks that the whole thing is a joke, but superstitious Ichabod takes it seriously. Brom claims to have seen the Headless Horseman the previous year but eluded him by crossing a nearby bridge. The Headless Horseman supposedly lost his head during the war and returns from the grave every Halloween seeking it. He tells via a song the tale of a legendary Headless Horseman, the ghost of a Revolutionary War soldier. Brom figures out that Ichabod is superstitious and plans to use this against his rival. He makes a move on Katrina, but he is humiliated. Katrina enjoys Ichabod's attentions, but secretly still prefers the company of Brom and only uses Ichabod to make Brom jealous.Īs always, the artwork on the DVD is superb.The van Tassels have a grand Halloween party, and Brom shows up with an overweight lady while Ichabod is with Katrina. Brom, meanwhile, also desires Katrina and the two have had a thing going. She is the beautiful daughter of Baltus van Tassel, the richest man in town, and Ichabod has designs on the family fortune. Ichabod has a nasty ride home.Brom Bones, a town low-life, doesn't like the competition and causes as much trouble for Ichabod as he can, but the schoolmaster soon falls in love with the lovely Katrina van Tassel. Crane is tall, lanky, gluttonous and extremely superstitious, but women are attracted to the eligible new schoolmaster. Crosby narrates the tale of Sleepy Hollow, in which Ichabod Crane moves to Sleepy Hollow in order to become the new schoolmaster.
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