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doyoulikethissong-poll · 4 months

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Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon a Star 1940

"When You Wish Upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for the 1940 Disney animated film Pinocchio. It was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and in the final scene of the film. It won the 1940 Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was therefore the first Disney song to win an Oscar. "When You Wish Upon a Star" is widely considered as the signature song of The Walt Disney Company and is often used as such in the production logos at the beginning of many Disney films since the 1980s.

Harline and Washington delivered "When You Wish Upon a Star" to the Pinocchio story crew in early autumn 1938, and they recognized it right away as a spotlight song that should be given prominence in the film. Disney decided that the song should play over the opening credits, and used as a musical theme throughout the film. The Library of Congress deemed Edwards's recording of the song "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and inducted it into the National Recording Registry in 2009. The American Film Institute ranked "When You Wish Upon a Star" seventh in their 100 Greatest Songs in Film History, the highest ranked of only four Disney animated film songs to appear on the list.

In Japan, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark, the song has become a Christmas song. The song features in Disney's one-hour Christmas special From All of Us to All of You, originally broadcast in 1958 in the US, but now considered a Christmas tradition in the Nordic countries, where it is broadcast on Christmas Eve every year since 1959. 🎄⭐

"When You Wish Upon a Star" recieved a total of 65,8% yes votes!

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#finished #high votes #high yes #disney #cliff edwards #soundtracks #40s

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diana-andraste · 3 months

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Flapper Girls, 1920s

#movies #film #vintage #black and white #flappers #flapper girls #1920s #cliff edwards #dance #legs #chorus line

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cyclesofmystery · 1 month

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I’ve heard of one man bands, but this is ridiculous… if there are two things I love, it’s old band photos and silent comedians, so undoubtedly this one is a home-run. Buster Keaton, circa 1930. That’s my best guess based on the presence of a Cliff Edwards Tenortrope (if I’m not mistaken, Dobro started making those in 1930)- a particularly cool detail. A pal of mine out in New Orleans has got one- as a Cliff Edwards fanatic, I’d kill to get my mitts on one.

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friendlessghoul · 28 days

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Buster Keaton, Cliff Edwards, and Anita Page Sidewalks of New York - 1931

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busterkeatonsociety · 2 days

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#WIPWednesday Buster Keaton leans on Cliff ‘Ukulele Ike’ Edwards in this promo pic for “Sidewalks of New York,” 1931

#WIP Wednesday #buster keaton #cliff edwards #ukulele ike #anita page #1930s #talkies #sidewalks of new york #mgm #vintage hollywood #ibks #the international buster keaton society #buster keaton society #the damfinos #damfino #damfamily

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justbusterkeaton · 1 year

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Doughboys 1930

Buster Keaton with Cliff Edwards aka Ukulele Ike. Edwards voiced Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio (1940) he therefore sang the original recording of “When You Wish Upon a Star”. He was also the voice of one of the crows in Dumbo. He recorded the hit song “Singin’ in the Rain” in 1929.

The actor who comes in at the end of the clip is Edward Brophy who was the voice of Timothy Q. Mouse in Walt Disney's Dumbo (1941)

#buster keaton #cliff edwards #edward brophy #golden age of hollywood #ukulele ike #Doughboys #1930 #WW1 #pinocchio #dumbo #disney #when you wish upon a star #jiminy cricket #Edward Sedgwick

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letterboxd-loggd · 1 year

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