RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Jack Kinney, et al
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Walt Disney)
Two-part animated anthology from Disney. In the first, based on The Wind in the Willows, a wealthy British toad, prone to the latest fad, becomes enamored by motor cars. He is accused of stealing one and wreaking havoc on the countryside. He is arrested, but at the trial it turns out that he didn't steal it after all and is set free, only to see an airplane flying nearby. In the second part, based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a gangly schoolteacher arrives in a small town. Despite his appearance and mannerisms, he turns out to be popular with the local women, eventually falling for the daughter of the town's richest man. More interested in her money, he accompanies her to a dance where her other brutish suitor plants the seeds for a nightmarish ride home pursued by the Headless Horseman. Rather dull and routine until that final ride, vividly animated by Wolfgang Reitherman.
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