Official Release Date: November 12, 1946
Copyright: Walt Disney Productions © 1946
MPAA Rating: G (General Audiences ~ All Ages Admitted) [retroactive in 1971]
Length: 94 Minutes

Cast

• James Baskett ~ Uncle Remus; Br’er Fox; Br’er Rabbit (additional speaking); Butterfly
• Anita Brown ~ Maid
• Disney Studio Chorus ~ “Song Of The South”
• Bobby Driscoll ~ Johnny
• Mary Field ~ Mrs. Favers
• Hall Johnson Choir ~ “All I Want”; “Let The Rain Pour Down”; “Uncle Remus Said”
• Gene Holland ~ Joe Favers
• Johnny Lee ~ Br’er Rabbit
• Glenn Leedy ~ Toby
• Hattie McDaniel ~ Aunt Tempy
• George Nokes ~ Jake Favers
• Luana Patten ~ Ginny Favers
• Eric Rolf ~ John, Sr.
• Nicodemus Stewart ~ Br’er Bear
• Ruth Warrick ~ Sally
• Lucile Watson ~ Miss Doshy

Characters

• Aunt Tempy ~ Hattie McDaniel
• Br’er Bear ~ Nicodemus Stewart
• Br’er Fish
• Br’er Fox ~ James Baskett
• Br’er Frog
• Br’er Possum
• Br’er Rabbit ~ James Baskett (additional speaking); Johnny Lee
• Butterfly ~ James Baskett
• Ginny Favers ~ Luana Patten
• Jake Favers ~ George Nokes
• Joe Favers ~ Gene Holland
• John, Sr. ~ Eric Rolf
• Johnny ~ Bobby Driscoll
• Maid ~ Anita Brown
• Miss Doshy ~ Lucile Watson
• Mr. Bluebird
• Mrs. Favers ~ Mary Field
• Sally ~ Ruth Warrick
• Teenchy
• Toby ~ Glenn Leedy
• Uncle Remus ~ James Baskett

Songs

• “All I Want”
•             Hall Johnson Choir
• “Everybody Has A Laughing Place”
•             Johnny Lee as Br’er Rabbit
•             Nicodemus Stewart as Br’er Bear
• “How Do You Do?”
•             James Baskett as Uncle Remus
•             Johnny Lee as Br’er Rabbit
• “Let The Rain Pour Down”
•             Hall Johnson Choir
• “Look At The Sun”
• “Song Of The South”
•             Disney Studio Chorus
• “Sooner Or Later”
•             Hattie McDaniel as Aunt Tempy
• “Uncle Remus Said”
•             Hall Johnson Choir
• “Who Wants To Live Like That?”
•             James Baskett as Uncle Remus
• “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah”
•             James Baskett as Uncle Remus

Awards

1947 Academy Awards

• Nominee ~ Music (Scoring Of A Musical Picture) ~ Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul J. Smith, & Charles Wolcott
• Winner ~ Music (Song) ~ Allie Wrubel (music) & Ray Gilbert (lyrics) for “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah”
• Winner ~ Special Award (Acting) ~ James Baskett for his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus, friend and story teller to the children of the world, in Walt Disney’s Song Of The South.

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