Original Fantasia Program Booklet

MEDIUM: Original Film Program Booklet
IMAGE SIZE: 9.5" x 12.75"
PRODUCTION: Fantasia, 1940
SKU: CCV4632

ABOUT THIS IMAGE: This 14-page film program booklet was distributed to viewers of the 1940 film Fantasia. It was created for screenings that used the newly-invented "Fantasound," a sound reproduction system developed by engineers of Walt Disney Studios and RCA specifically for Fantasia, which was also the first commercial film released in stereo.

Fantasia debuted as a roadshow theatrical release under Walt Disney Productions at The Broadway Theatre in New York City on November 13, 1940. The film was shown in only 13 theatres, as the installation of equipment required for Fantasound at each venue was costly.  Twelve of the thirteen theaters were legitimate theaters converted for the purpose, not movie theaters, due to the need to close the theater during installation of Fantasound. 

ABOUT THE FILM: Fantasia is a 1940 American animated musical anthology film produced and released by Walt Disney Productions, with story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer and production supervision by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen. The third Disney animated feature film, it consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski, seven of which are performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Music critic and composer Deems Taylor acts as the film's Master of Ceremonies who introduces each segment in live action.