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FANTASIA ( 1940)
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The first half of the program closed with Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. The music to the ballet for which this was originally written caused an uproar at its first hearing and is still considered too advanced for the average taste. Nevertheless, as realized by the Disney forces, it was one of the most successful numbers on the program— a tribute not only to the public's growth in musical appreciation, but also to Disney's genius for translating sounds into action. Shown here is one of the dinosaurs from this sequence.
ABOVE BIGHT
The second half comprised Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony ( which aroused violent controversy over its lapses of taste), Ponchielli's The Dance of the Hours, Mussorgsky's A Night on Bald Mountain, and ended with Schubert's Ave Maria. Here is a scene from the Mussorgsky work. There has been talk that Disney plans to add new numbers to Fantasia.
BELOW
No other picture of 1941 was more volubly discussed than Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. When RKO commissioned a picture from Welles, who had made a reputation in radio and as director of the Mercury Theater in New York, he was to have carte blanche as to story. He was to be author, producer, director, and, as this still indicates, the star. Charles Chaplin is the only other man, thus far, ever to have combined all these functions; even he had to own his studio before he was able to do this. The picture received sensational publicity fo its alleged paralleling of the life story of a famous living newspaper publisher; and there was much gossip regarding threats of suppression and retaliation. In fact, the Hearst press never advertised, reviewed, or mentioned the film or Welles. Citizen Kane didn't need the publicity, for it was an engrossing film.