![]() ![]() “Once Upon a Wintertime” is like a holiday card brought to animated life. ![]() With any piece of animation involving Mary Blair, one can expect an eye-catching use of color and her modernist art style. The segment, however, is partially redeemed by Frances Langford singing the segment’s title song (composed by Bobby Worth and Ray Gilbert) and the unmistakable influence of Mary Blair (1950’s Cinderella, the “It’s a Small World” attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim) in its aesthetic. A young couple are out and about, flirting and flitting, all while the woodland animals scurrying back and forth mirror human courtship. “Once Upon a Wintertime” is based on an overused Disney narrative template that never ceases to be a bore.
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