Cinderella
Premiere: March 4, 1950
Budget: $2,900,000
Box Office: $85,000,000 (Original Release)
Released by: RKO Radio Pictures
Nominations/Awards:
Running Time: 74 Minutes (1 hr, 14 min)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Premiere: October 5, 1949
Budget: None Reported
Box Office: None Reported (Original Release)
Released by: RKO Radio Pictures
Nominations/Awards:
Running Time: 68 Minutes (1 hr, 8 min)
Melody Time
Premiere: May 27, 1948
Budget: None Reported
Box Office: None Reported (Original Release)
Released by: RKO Radio Pictures
Nominations/Awards:
Running Time: 75 Minutes (1 hr, 15 min)
Fun and Fancy Free
Premiere: September 27, 1947
Budget: None Reported
Box Office: None Reported (Original Release)
Released by: RKO Radio Pictures
Nominations/Awards:
Running Time: 73 Minutes (1 hr, 13 min)
Make Mine Music
Premiere: August 15, 1946
Budget: None Reported
Box Office: None Reported (Original Release)
Released by: RKO Radio Pictures
Nominations/Awards:
Running Time: 76 Minutes (1 hr, 16 min)
In retrospect, package features seem like a cheap cop out to making actual movies. The fact is that, unfortunately, a cash and personnel strapped studio may only have that option just to stay afloat.
The 40s were not very kind to the Disney Studio: World War II, labor strikes, and the post-war world left it and many other studios in very poor shape. Sure the government contracts kept the lights on, but what happened after those prolific but unprofitable projects ended?
Then to Now: 