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Ichabod and Mr. Toad. In parts of an uneven doubleheader, Walt Disney is at his inventive best; with Bing Crosby and Basil Rathbone on the soundtrack (TIME...
Ford Theater (Fri. 9 p.m., CBS-TV). Basil Rathbone, Dorothy Stickney and Walter Hampden in On Borrowed Time...
Ichabod and Mr. Toad. In parts of an uneven doubleheader, Walt Disney is at his inventive best; with Bing Crosby and Basil Rathbone on the soundtrack (TIME...
...Toad Disney is back where he belongs-in the world of inspired fauna and improbable flora. J. Thaddeus Toad, madcap scion of an ancient family of landed British amphibians and a passionate gadgeteer, comes near being one of his liveliest, most lovable creations. Narrated with crisp anonymity by Basil Rathbone, the film is packed with memorable moments: Toad chugging about on his rump in delirious imitation of a motorcar; his flight from jail through a dark blue night stitched red with running gunfire; the defeat of the thieving weasels in the epochal battle of Toad Hall. This lighthearted, fast-moving...
...After Basil Rathbone's neatly trimmed and waxed voice, Bing Crosby's narration of Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a letdown. The suspicion that Bing isn't taking the tale seriously is disquieting. The doings of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane are tailored to fit Crosby rather than Irving; that is probably why much of the charm of the first episode is missing in this one. There is enough left over to make good entertainment, though...