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Wonderful World of Animation Art Gallery
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Make Mine Music (1946) Production drawing of Willie The Whale. This expressive drawing shows Willie from "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met" section of Make Mine Music. Willie is hard to come by and would make a fabulous addition to any Vintage Disney collection! This particular sequence of The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met was later re-released by RKO Pictures in 1954 as its own short called "Willy the Operatic Whale". Willy himself was voiced by the versatile Nelson Eddy who sang in bass, baritone, tenor, and soprano and also served as the narrator. He is hunted by the Metropolitan Opera impresario, Tetti Tatti, who mistakenly assumed that this whale has swallowed an opera singer. A quote from the ending of the movie (after Tetti Tatti is successful in causing the whale’s demise) is: "Now Willie will never sing at the Met. But don't be too harsh on Tetti Tatti. He just didn't understand. You see, Willie's singing was a miracle, and people aren't used to miracles...but miracles never die. And somewhere in whatever heaven is reserved for creatures of the deep, Willie is still singing..." Note the key of 29-32 on the right-hand side. The size of this piece is 16 Field (13"x16") US$ 895 (unframed) WDD927 
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