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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mister Toad

The Adventures of Ichabod and
Mr. Toad
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Original theatrical poster
Directed by Jack Kinney
Clyde Geronimi
James Algar
Produced by Walt Disney
Written by Erdman Penner
Winston Hibler
Joe Rinaldi
Ted Sears
Homer Brightman
Harry Reeves
Based on The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
Starring Eric Blore
Pat O'Malley
Colin Campbell
John McLeish
Campbell Grant
Claude Allister
Leslie Denison
Edmond Stevens
The Rhythmaires
Narrated by Basil Rathbone (The Wind in the Willows)
Bing Crosby (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
Music by Oliver Wallace
Edited by John O. Young
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Release date
  • October 5, 1949 (1949-10-05)
Running time
68 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad is a 1949 animated package film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film consists of two segments – the first is based on the 1908 children's novel The Wind in the Willows by Scottish author Kenneth Grahame, and the second is based on the 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," called Ichabod Crane in the film, by American author Washington Irving.

The film is the 11th Walt Disney theatrical animated feature and is the last of the studio's package film era of the 1940s, following Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, and Melody Time, until The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in March 1977.

Beginning in 1955, the two portions of the film were separated, and televised as part of the Disneyland television series. They were later marketed and sold separately on home video.

As the film's animated segments are based on literary works, they are both introduced in live-action scenes set in a library as a framing device. The first segment is introduced and narrated by Basil Rathbone, and the second segment is introduced and narrated by Bing Crosby. Decca Records issued an album called Ichabod - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow featuring Crosby in 1949 to tie in with the release of the film.


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