The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released to theaters on October 5, 1949 by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is a combination of two featurettes, both based upon popular works of literature: the adventures of Mr. Toad from Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (narrated by Basil Rathbone), and the story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman from Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (narrated by Bing Crosby).

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Animated feature - Walt Disney - October 5 - 1949 - RKO Radio Pictures - Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows - Basil Rathbone - Ichabod Crane - Headless Horseman - Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Bing Crosby

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This film was the final of Disney's 1940s "package films" (feature films comprised of two or more short subjects instead of a single feature-length story). Beginning with the next animated feature release, Cinderella, his studio would return to the feature-length stories that low income and World War II had caused a drought of during the 1940s.

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1940s - Package films - Short subject - Cinderella - World War II

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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad was not seen in its entirety for many years after its initial theatrical release, the film's two component stories instead being separated for television and home video. The full feature was, however, eventually released on DVD.

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Television - Home video - DVD

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