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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
| image          = Ichabodposter.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ben Sharpsteen]]
* [[Jack Kinney]]
* [[Clyde Geronimi]]
* [[James Algar]] 
}}
| story          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Erdman Penner]]
* [[Winston Hibler]]
* Joe Rinaldi
* [[Ted Sears]]
* [[Homer Brightman]]
* Harry Reeves
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[The Wind in the Willows]]''|[[Kenneth Grahame]]}}<br>{{Based on|"[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]"|[[Washington Irving]]}}
| producer       = [[Walt Disney]]
| narrator       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Bing Crosby]] (''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'')
* [[Basil Rathbone]] (''The Wind in the Willows'')
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Eric Blore]]
* [[J. Pat O'Malley|Pat O'Malley]]
* John Ployardt
* Colin Campbell
* Campbell Grant
* [[Claud Allister|Claude Allister]]
* The Rhythmaires
}}
| editing        = John O. Young
| music          = [[Oliver Wallace]]
| studio         = [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]]
| distributor    = [[RKO Radio Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1949|10|05}}
| runtime        = 68 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = $1.625 million (worldwide rentals)<ref name="Jewell">{{cite journal|last=Sedgwick|first=John|title=Richard B. Jewell's RKO Film Grosses, 1929–51: The C. J. Trevlin Ledger: A comment.|journal=[[Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television]]|volume=14|issue=1|pages=51–8|year=1994|doi=10.1080/01439689400260041 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01439689400260041|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
}}
'''''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad''''' is a 1949 American animated [[anthology film]] produced by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Productions]] and released by [[RKO Radio Pictures]]. It consists of two segments: the first based on [[Kenneth Grahame]]'s 1908 children's novel ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' and narrated by [[Basil Rathbone]], and the second based on [[Washington Irving]]'s 1820 short story ''[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]'' and narrated by [[Bing Crosby]]. The production was supervised by [[Ben Sharpsteen]], and was directed by [[Jack Kinney]], [[Clyde Geronimi]], and [[James Algar]].

''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' began development in 1940 as a single-narrative feature film based on ''The Wind in the Willows''. After a series of production delays, the project was cut down to a short film and eventually merged with ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' (which was also originally conceived as a full-length feature) in 1947. It is the last of the studio's package film era of the 1940s; they returned to full-length animated films starting with ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'' in 1950.<ref name="MovieHistory">{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Dave|url=http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/movies/ichabod/ichabod.html|title="The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" Movie History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331232116/http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/movies/ichabod/ichabod.html|work=Disney Archives|access-date=October 14, 2023|archive-date=March 31, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Disney would not produce another package film until ''[[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'' (1977).

''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' was released in theaters on October 5, 1949. Beginning in 1955, the two segments of the film were separated, and televised as part of the ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series#Walt Disney's Disneyland (1954–1958)|Disneyland]]'' television series. They were later marketed and sold separately on home video.

==Plot==
Both of the film's animated segments are introduced through live-action scenes set in a library as a [[Frame story|framing device]]. The first segment (based on [[Kenneth Grahame]]'s ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'') is introduced and narrated by [[Basil Rathbone]]; the second segment (based on [[Washington Irving]]'s ''[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]'') is introduced and narrated by [[Bing Crosby]].

=== ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' ===
In [[Great Britain]] in 1905, [[Mr. Toad|J. Thaddeus Toad]] is the wealthy owner of the Toad Hall estate in London, England, whose adventures and positive [[mania]] for various fads have brought him to the brink of bankruptcy. One of Toad's friends, Angus MacBadger, volunteers as an [[accountant]] to help Toad keep the estate, which is the pride of the community. One summer day, MacBadger asks Toad's best friends, Water Rat and Mole, to persuade him to give up his latest mania of recklessly driving around the countryside in a [[Vardo (Romani wagon)|gypsy cart]] pulled by his horse Cyril Proudbottom, which is accumulating financial liability in damaged property. Rat and Mole confront Toad and unsuccessfully try to change his mind. Toad then sees a [[Brass Era car|motor car]] for the first time and is taken over by motor mania.

To keep him out of trouble, Rat and Mole lock Toad in his bedroom, but he escapes and is soon charged with [[Motor vehicle theft|car theft]]. At his trial, Toad [[Litigant in person|represents himself]], with Cyril as his first witness. Cyril testifies that the car which Toad was accused of taking had been stolen by a gang of weasels. Unaware of this, Toad found weasels in a [[tavern]] and offered to buy the car from them, but since he had no money, he traded Toad Hall for the car. The court shows disbelief at the statement, so Toad calls Mr. Winky, the barman from the tavern, to testify in his favor. When Winky instead implicates Toad in trying to sell him the stolen car, Toad is found guilty on the spot and sentenced to imprisonment in the [[Tower of London]]. His friends try to appeal his case, but to no avail.

On [[Christmas Eve]], Cyril visits Toad and helps him escape by giving him a [[disguise]]. Toad hijacks an [[steam locomotive|engine]] from a railway station and heads to the riverbank, where he hides in the Rat's house after escaping from the police. MacBadger visits them to tell that the weasel gang has taken over Toad Hall, with Winky as their leader, confirming that Toad had indeed traded his estate for the stolen car. To prove his innocence before the law, Toad, McBadger, Rat, and Mole sneak into the estate and narrowly manage to take the deed (bearing Toad and Winky's signatures) away from the weasels after a chase around Toad Hall.

Toad is exonerated and regains his house, but develops a mania for planes. As MacBadger, Rat, and Mole celebrate the [[New Year's Day]], Toad and Cyril recklessly fly past on a [[Wright Flyer]].

=== ''[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]'' ===
In 1790, [[Ichabod Crane]] arrives in [[Sleepy Hollow, New York|Sleepy Hollow]], a small village outside [[Tarrytown, New York]], to be the town's new [[schoolmaster]]. Due to his odd appearance and [[effeminate]] mannerisms, Ichabod is constantly pranked by the local bully, Brom Bones, but forms good relationships with his students and the village's women. Ichabod soon meets and falls in love with Katrina, the daughter of the richest farmer in the town, Baltus Van Tassel, and Brom's unofficial fiancée. Despite being obsessed with Katrina's beauty, Ichabod mainly desires to take her family's money for himself. Brom, who has never been challenged before, proceeds to compete badly and unfairly with the schoolmaster, but Ichabod wins Katrina over at every opportunity. Intrigued by this, Katrina uses Ichabod to tease Brom, making him jealous and angry.

On [[Halloween]], both Ichabod and Brom are invited to the annual frolic at Van Tassel's house. At the party, Brom desperately tries to separate Ichabod and Katrina, but all his attempts backfire. During dinner, Brom discovers that Ichabod is extremely [[superstition|superstitious]] and decides to scare him with the tale of the [[Headless Horseman]]. Brom tells that the Headless Horseman travels through the woods every year on Halloween, searching for a living head to replace the one he lost, and the only way to escape from him is to cross a [[covered bridge]], at which point he will vanish. Katrina and all the guests find the story amusing, but Ichabod is left terrified.

Riding home from the party that night, Ichabod becomes frightened of every sound he hears. His imagination begins to take over and heighten his fear and anxiety as he passes through the Hollow, where the Headless Horseman is rumored to appear. While traveling through the [[Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow|old European cemetery]], Ichabod believes he hears the sound of an unknown horse galloping toward him, but discovers the sound is being made by nearby [[typha|cattails]] bumping on a log. He and his plow horse, tired old Gunpowder, begin to laugh, but their laughter is cut short by the appearance of the real Headless Horseman, who is mounted on a fiery black horse and carrying a [[jack-o'-lantern]] and a [[sword]]. Ichabod and Gunpowder run off with the Headless Horseman in pursuit; after being chased through the forest and nearly decapitated, Ichabod, remembering Brom's advice, attempts to cross over the bridge but ends up turning back towards the Headless Horseman, where he is horrified to see that the Headless Horseman truly has no head. He finally rides across the covered bridge to stop the ghost's pursuit. As he looks back, the Headless Horseman stops and throws the jack-o'-lantern, which hits him with a crash.

The next morning, Ichabod's hat and the shattered pumpkin are found near the bridge. There was no trace of the schoolmaster. Sometime later, Brom marries Katrina. Rumors persisted that Ichabod survived and married a wealthy [[widow]] in a distant county. The Dutch settlers refused to believe such nonsense for they knew that Ichabod had been spirited away by the Headless Horseman.

==Voice cast==
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* [[Bing Crosby]] as the narrator of ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' segment.<ref name="MoviesOfTheMonth">{{cite magazine|date=August 1949|title=Movies of the Month|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FyzpQO21k4AC&pg=PA31|magazine=[[Scout Life|Boys' Life]]|page=31|access-date=April 29, 2024|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
* [[Basil Rathbone]] as the narrator of ''The Wind in the Willows'' segment.<ref name="MoviesOfTheMonth" />
* [[Eric Blore]] as J. Thaddeus Toad, Esq.,{{sfn|Webb|2011|page=8}} the boastful and volatile master of Toad Hall, who is prone to wild manias.<ref name="TheRemarkableMrToad">{{cite magazine|date=November 21, 1949|title=The Remarkable Mr. Toad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9kwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=eric+blore+toad&pg=PA65|magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]]|access-date=October 13, 2023|page=65|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
* [[J. Pat O'Malley]] as Cyril Proudbottom,{{sfn|Webb|2011|page=8}} Toad's jolly and eccentric horse.{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|page=276}}{{sfn|Scott|2022|page=378}}
* John McLeish{{efn|Listed in the credits as John Ployardt.}} as the District Attorney<ref name="McLeishJohn">{{cite web|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/mcleish-john/|title=McLeish, John|publisher=Walt Disney Archives|website=[[D23 (Disney)|D23]]|access-date=October 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327152017/https://d23.com/a-to-z/mcleish-john/|archive-date=March 27, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> who prosecutes Toad's case at the trial.{{sfn|Thomas|Johnston|1993|page=93}}
* Colin Campbell as Mole,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|page=91}} Toad's devoted close friend.<ref name="TheRemarkableMrToad" />
* Campbell Grant as Angus MacBadger,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|page=91}} Toad's practical friend and accountant at Toad Hall.<ref name="TheRemarkableMrToad" />{{sfn|Smith|1996|page=24}}
* [[Claud Allister]] as Water Rat,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|page=91}} Toad's meticulous close friend.<ref name="TheRemarkableMrToad" />
* [[Judd Conlon#The Rhythmaires|The Rhythmaires]] as the title chorus{{sfn|Webb|2011|page=8}}
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Both [[Oliver Wallace]] and Alec Harford are credited with voicing Mr. Winky,{{sfn|Webb|2011|page=8}}{{sfn|Maltin|1995|page=91}}{{sfn|Smith|1996|page=9}} a sly and treacherous barman who takes advantage of Toad's motor mania to get Toad Hall.{{sfn|Thomas|Johnston|1993|page=93}} Wallace also provided Ichabod's whistle in the final chase scene, with the character's scream done by [[Pinto Colvig]].{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|page=188}}<ref name="TheLegendOfSleepyHollow">{{cite web|last=Korkis|first=Jim|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/disneys-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-1949/|title=Disney's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1949)|website=Cartoon Research|date=October 30, 2020|access-date=April 29, 2024}}</ref> Harford also voiced the postman and jailer in the [[Tower of London]].{{sfn|Webb|2011|page=8}} Leslie Denison voiced the judge at Toad's trial.{{sfn|Webb|2011|page=8}} Edmond Stevens voiced the policeman.{{sfn|Webb|2011|page=8}} James Bodrero, Denison, Stevens, and McLeish provided the voices of the weasels,{{sfn|Webb|2011|page=8}} a gang of small-time crooks and Winky's henchmen.{{sfn|Thomas|Johnston|1993|page=93}} [[Billy Bletcher]] provided the laugh of the Headless Horseman.<ref name="TheLegendOfSleepyHollow" />

==Production==
===Early development===
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| quote = I remember the ''Wind in the Willows'' stuff was on [[Leica reel|leica]]... It was about 47 minutes, as I recall, and the thing just sparkled. Everyone was so high on it. It was funny, and it was warm, and great characters, and gee, it just went. We said, there's our picture, and you put it into work, it's naturally going to expand to the hour 10, 15 [minutes] that you want—but it didn't. As you expanded it, it got soggy, and it got heavy, and it slowed up, and it lost all of that brightness that it had. Nobody knew why.
| source = —[[Frank Thomas (animator)|Frank Thomas]], on the early development of ''The Wind in the Willows'' as a single-narrative feature<ref name="ThomasJohnston1987">{{cite interview|last=Barrier|first=Michael|url=http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/ThomasJohnston1987/ThomasJohnston1987.html|title=Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston (1987)|website=MichaelBarrier.com|date=November 21, 2014|access-date=February 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422224213/http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/ThomasJohnston1987/ThomasJohnston1987.html|archive-date=April 22, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
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[[Walt Disney]] was introduced to [[Kenneth Grahame]]'s children's novel ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' (1908) in 1934, having received a copy from an English correspondent.{{sfn|Ghez|2017|page=165}} [[Roy O. Disney]] acquired the rights to the novel during his [[Europe]]an acquisition spree of properties for potential features in April 1938, but Walt was not interested, finding the story "awfully corny".{{sfn|Gabler|2006|page=283}}<ref name="BodreroInterview">{{cite interview|last1=Barrier|first1=Michael|last2=Gray|first2=Milton|url=http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Bodrero/Bodrero_interview.html|title=James Bodrero|website=MichaelBarrier.com|date=February 13, 2008|access-date=February 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718212257/http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Geronimi/Geronimi.html|archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> After reading the book, story artist James Bodrero convinced him to put ''The Wind in the Willows'' into production, which was originally intended to be a single-narrative feature.{{sfn|Ghez|2017|page=165}}{{sfn|Koenig|1997|page=69}} The first story meetings were held by September 1940, with the film's production officially confirmed the following month.{{sfn|Ghez|2019|page=204}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Harrisen|first=Paul|date=October 2, 1940|title=Disney Sets 7 Pictures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KOFRAAAAIBAJ&dq=wind+in+the+willows+disney&pg=PA8&article_id=5986,505327|work=[[The Vindicator (Ohio newspaper)|The Vindicator]]|access-date=October 15, 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|page=10}}</ref> Disney commissioned [[Mel Shaw]] to create inspirational artwork, and [[James Algar]] was appointed to direct the film.{{sfn|Ghez|2019|page=134}}<ref name="BestEducation">{{cite web|url=https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/best-education-i-ever-had-mel-shaw-walt-disney-studios|last=Seastrom|first=Lucas O.|title="The Best Education I Ever Had": Mel Shaw at The Walt Disney Studios|website=[[Walt Disney Family Museum]]|date=June 17, 2016|access-date=October 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124151248/https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/best-education-i-ever-had-mel-shaw-walt-disney-studios|archive-date=November 24, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Barrier|2007|page=181}} Bodrero and fellow story artist Campbell Grant prepared first storyboards and a [[Leica reel]], which combined story sketches with rough dialogue performed by members of the animation staff.{{sfn|Ghez|2017|page=165}}<ref name="BodreroInterview" /> The animation work had begun by April 1941, as animators and writers had come off from ''[[Bambi]]'', which was nearly complete.{{sfn|Barrier|2007|page=180}}{{sfn|Barrier|1999|page=280}} The project was put on hold the following month due to the [[Disney animators' strike]], although Shaw (who was relatively indifferent to the politics of the situation) continued to work on the film before leaving the Disney studio that summer to found a new animation studio with [[Hugh Harman]].{{sfn|Ghez|2017|page=165}}<ref name="BestEducation" />{{sfn|Ghez|2019|page=135}}

''The Wind in the Willows'' was put back into production by October 1941, after the strike was settled.{{sfn|Barrier|1999|page=308-309}} At the same time, [[Joseph Rosenberg]] of the [[Bank of America]] issued an ultimatum in which he would permit an absolute loan limit of $3.5 million. In return, he ordered the Disney studio to restrict itself to producing animation shorts and to finish features already in production (such as ''[[Dumbo]]'' and ''Bambi''), but no other feature film would begin work until they had been released and earned back their costs.{{sfn|Gabler|2006|pages=375–376}} In response, most of the studio's feature film productions were heavily scaled, although ''The Wind in the Willows'' was kept in production as animation work had already begun.{{sfn|Gabler|2006|page=376}} After reviewing the animation footage a few weeks later, Walt Disney decided to shelve the project, feeling that "the quality was too far below the standard necessary to be successful on the market." Over 3,000 feet of animation had been completed by that time.{{sfn|Barrier|1999|page=309}} By January 1942, ''The Wind in the Willows'' was officially put on hold.<ref>{{cite news|last=Peacock|first=Bruce|date=January 24, 1942|title=Stage and Screen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eK1TAAAAIBAJ&dq=wind+in+the+willows+disney&pg=PA7&article_id=6182,2116954|work=[[Regina Leader-Post|The Leader-Post]]|access-date=October 15, 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|page=7}}</ref>

===Return to production===
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| source = —Frank Thomas, on co-directing ''The Wind in the Willows'' with [[James Algar]] in 1946<ref name="ThomasJohnston1987" />
}}''The Wind in the Willows'' resumed production in October 1943, with Bodrero and Grant reattached and joined by [[Perce Pearce]] and [[Paul Gerard Smith]].{{sfn|Ghez|2017|page=165}}{{sfn|Ghez|2017|page=143}} It was the only feature that Bank of America allowed to proceed during [[World War II]], aside of ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]''.{{sfn|Gabler|2006|page=490}} Around this same time, Walt Disney planned to combine ''The Wind in the Willows'' with either ''The Legend of Happy Valley'' (which would later evolve into the ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' segment for ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'') or ''[[The Gremlins]]'' (an original story developed for Disney by [[Roald Dahl]]) into a package film. His brother Roy disapproved this idea, calculating that the project would recoup its production costs only as a feature film.{{sfn|Gabler|2006|page=407}} ''The Wind in the Willows'' underwent additional story treatment by February 1944, but in general, the film progressed slowly through production.{{sfn|Gabler|2006|page=407}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Hopper|first=Hedda|date=February 12, 1944|title=Both an Idealist and a Practical Fellow Is Walt Disney, Now Making Post-War Plans for His Cartoon 'Shorts'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVkbAAAAIBAJ&dq=wind+in+the+willows+disney&pg=PA26&article_id=2662,4498588|work=[[The Pittsburgh Press]]|access-date=October 16, 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|page=26}}</ref> After finishing his military service in World War II, [[Frank Thomas (animator)|Frank Thomas]] returned to the Disney studio in April 1946 and was assigned to direct additional footage (alongside James Algar) in hopes of salvaging the project.{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|page=187}} Under Disney's orders, the film was shortened down to a length of 25 minutes.<ref name="ThomasJohnston1987" />

''The Wind in the Willows'' was shelved again following layoffs in August 1946, with Bodrero and Grant leaving the studio, while Thomas went on to work on ''[[Johnny Appleseed (film)|Johnny Appleseed]]'' segment for ''[[Melody Time]]''.<ref name="ThomasJohnston1987" />{{sfn|Barrier|2007|page=199}}{{sfn|Ghez|2017|page=144}} By October of that year, the film was put back into production, with [[Ward Kimball]], [[Jack Kinney]], [[Homer Brightman]], and Harry Reeves brought in to work out the pace and add more gags to the story.<ref name="ThomasJohnston1987" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Orton Tewson|first=William|date=October 22, 1946|title=An Attic Salt Shaker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RpRjAAAAIBAJ&dq=wind+in+the+willows+disney&pg=PA9&article_id=4389,4626561|work=[[The StarPhoenix|Saskatoon Star-Phoenix]]|access-date=October 16, 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|page=9}}</ref> In early 1947, Disney started production on an animated version of [[Washington Irving]]'s short story "[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]" (1820), which was to be co-directed by Kinney and [[Clyde Geronimi]].{{sfn|Gabler|2006|page=499}}<ref>{{cite interview|last1=Barrier|first1=Michael|last2=Gray|first2=Milton|url=http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Geronimi/Geronimi.html|title=Gerry Geronimi (1976)|website=MichaelBarrier.com|date=March 16, 2015|access-date=October 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317131101/http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Geronimi/Geronimi.html|archive-date=March 17, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Like ''The Wind in the Willows'', it was originally intended to be a feature film.<ref name="LiftYourSpirits">{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Zach|url=https://d23.com/these-5-fun-facts-about-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-will-lift-your-spirits/|title=These 5 Fun Facts About ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' Will Lift Your Spirits|website=[[D23 (Disney)|D23]]|date=September 30, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013065921/https://d23.com/these-5-fun-facts-about-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-will-lift-your-spirits/|archive-date=October 13, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> By November 1947, Disney decided to pair both productions into a singular package film, titled ''Two Fabulous Characters'', as neither part was long enough to be a full-length feature.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brady|first=Thomas F.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/11/17/archives/disney-announces-two-new-projects-melody-time-to-be-released-in.html|title=Disney Announces Two New Projects; 'Melody Time' to Be Released in August and 'Two Fabulous Characters' in 1949|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|page=27|date=November 17, 1947|access-date=January 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317131103/https://www.nytimes.com/1947/11/17/archives/disney-announces-two-new-projects-melody-time-to-be-released-in.html|archive-date=March 17, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Gabler|2006|page=458}} The project was scheduled to be released in late 1949 and was eventually renamed ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad''.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 18, 1947|title=Two New Films From Disney|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BH4tAAAAIBAJ&dq=sleepy+hollow+disney&pg=PA11&article_id=6594,3186799|work=[[Montreal Gazette]]|access-date=October 22, 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|page=11}}</ref>{{sfn|Gabler|2006|page=518}}

===Casting===
Most of the voices for ''The Wind in the Willows'' segment were recorded in 1941, before the United States entered World War II.<ref name="ThomasJohnston1987" /> [[Claud Allister]], who had just recorded as Sir Giles for ''[[The Reluctant Dragon (1941 film)|The Reluctant Dragon]]'', was cast as Water Rat.{{sfn|Scott|2022|page=378}} Walt Disney considered [[Eric Blore]] for the role of Mr. Toad as early as when the project was first announced.{{sfn|Maltin|1995|page=91}} Blore completed his recording sessions in a few days, receiving about $1,000 per day.{{sfn|Ghez|2012|pages=112-113}} Story artist Campbell Grant provided the voice of Angus MacBadger for an early Leica reel and recorded the final dialogue for the character in 1946.<ref name="BodreroInterview" />{{sfn|Ghez|2017|page=143}} The same reel featured [[John Dehner]] as the prosecuting attorney; he was replaced by John McLeish in the final film.<ref name="McLeishJohn" /><ref name="BodreroInterview" /> [[Oliver Wallace]] (the film's music director) was cast as Mr. Winky, although several sources alternatively cite Alec Harford as the voice of the character.<ref name="MovieHistory" />{{sfn|Webb|2011|page=8}}{{sfn|Smith|1996|page=9}}

[[Gracie Fields]] originally signed on to narrate and sing in ''The Wind in the Willows'' segment in July 1946, although [[Charles Laughton]] was sought to provide narration for the segment by February 1948.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hopper|first=Hedda|date=July 11, 1946|title=Disney Signs Gracie Fields For "Wind in the Willows"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_wFJAAAAIBAJ&dq=wind+in+willows+disney&pg=PA28&article_id=3166,3065823|work=[[The Vindicator (Ohio newspaper)|The Vindicator]]|access-date=October 22, 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|page=31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Bob|date=February 9, 1948|title=Walt Disney Will Feature Legends Of America In New Cartoon Films|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=veRIAAAAIBAJ&dq=ichabod+Charles+Laughton&pg=PA9&article_id=3197,2435731|work=[[Record-Journal|The Meriden Daily Journal]]|access-date=October 22, 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]|page=9}}</ref> The following month, it was reported that [[Bing Crosby]] had signed on to narrate the ''Sleepy Hollow'' segment.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brady|first=Thomas F.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/03/01/archives/crosby-and-disney-close-movie-deal-actor-will-record-narration-sing.html|title=Crosby and Disney Close Deal; Actor Will Record Narration, Sing in 'Ichabod Crane' -- His Sons to Appear in Film|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=17|date=March 1, 1948|access-date=January 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317131103/https://www.nytimes.com/1948/03/01/archives/crosby-and-disney-close-movie-deal-actor-will-record-narration-sing.html|archive-date=March 17, 2023|url-access=subscription|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Basil Rathbone]] eventually signed on to provide narration for ''The Wind in the Willows'' segment.{{sfn|Maltin|1995|page=91}}

==Songs==

===''The Wind in the Willows''===

{{Track listing
| all_writing     = 
| all_lyrics      = [[Larry Morey]] & [[Ray Gilbert]]
| all_music       = [[Frank Churchill]] & [[Charles Wolcott]]
| extra_column    = Performer(s)

| title1          = The Merrily Song
| extra1          = [[Eric Blore]] & [[J. Pat O'Malley]]

| title2          = [[Auld Lang Syne]]
| extra2          = Chorus

}}

===''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow''===

{{Track listing
| all_writing     = [[Don Raye]] & [[Gene de Paul]]
| all_lyrics      = 
| all_music       = 
| extra_column    = Performer(s)

| title1          = Ichabod Crane
| extra1          = [[Bing Crosby]] & [[Judd Conlon|Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires]]

| title2          = Katrina
| extra2          = [[Bing Crosby]] & [[Judd Conlon|Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires]]

| title3          = The [[Headless Horseman]]
| extra3          = [[Bing Crosby]] & [[Judd Conlon|Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires]]

}}

==Release==
[[File:Ichabod and Mr. Toad trailer screenshot.png|thumb|Title card from the original 1949 trailer]]
''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' was released in theaters on October 5, 1949.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d23.com/this-day/the-adventures-of-ichabod-and-mr-toad-premieres-2/|title=''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' Premieres|publisher=Walt Disney Archives|website=[[D23 (Disney)|D23]]|date=October 5, 1949|access-date=October 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330210155/https://d23.com/this-day/the-adventures-of-ichabod-and-mr-toad-premieres-2/|archive-date=March 30, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The film grossed $1,200,000 in domestic rentals in the United States and Canada. Cumulatively, it earned $1,625,000 in worldwide rentals.<ref name="Jewell" />

===Television airings===
The Mr. Toad segment of ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' was first screened on television, in edited form, as part of the inaugural season of the ''[[Disneyland (series)|Disneyland]]'' anthology series, on February 2, 1955, under the title ''The Wind in the Willows''.<ref name="HeraldStatesman">{{cite news|title=Television|date=February 2, 1955|work=Yonkers Herald Statesman|page=18}}</ref> It was paired with an edited version of Disney's ''The Reluctant Dragon''<ref name="HeraldStatesman"/> due to the fact that both cartoons are based on stories by author [[Kenneth Grahame]].<ref name="StarJournal">{{cite news|title=Today's Television Programs|date=August 3, 1955|work=Long Island Star-Journal|page=25}}</ref> The Ichabod segment of the film had its television premiere during the following season of TV's ''Disneyland'', on October 26, 1955, under the title ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow''.<ref name="NewYorkTimes">{{cite magazine|title=Tonight...don't miss Channel 7|date=October 26, 1955|magazine=The New York Times|page=63}}</ref> Notably, for this airing of ''Sleepy Hollow'' and subsequent reruns, a new 14-minute animated prologue was added, recounting the life of Washington Irving, the story's author. This prologue has never been released on home media.

''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' was released on its own to theaters as a 33-minute [[featurette]] in September 1963.<ref name="BoxOffice">{{cite magazine|title=Shorts Chart|url=https://archive.org/details/boxofficejulsep183boxo/page/10/mode/1up|date=September 23, 1963|magazine=[[Boxoffice Pro|BoxOffice]]|page=10|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> This was the same edit presented on the ''Disneyland'' television series, minus the 14-minute prologue and the Walt Disney live-action host segments. Similarly, in 1978, the ''Wind in the Willows'' segment of the original film was re-released to theaters under the new title ''The Madcap Adventures of Mr. Toad'' to accompany Disney's feature film ''[[Hot Lead and Cold Feet]]''.<ref name="BoxOffice2">{{cite magazine|title=Feature Reviews|date=July 31, 1978|magazine=BoxOffice|page=77}}</ref>

''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' had a subsequent television airing, in truncated form, as part of the TV specials ''[[Halloween Hall o' Fame]]'' (1977) and ''[[Disney's Halloween Treat]]'' (1982).

Once it was split into two segments for airing on the ''Disneyland'' television series, ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' was not available for viewing in its original form for many years thereafter, but was instead screened as two individual items. When first released on home video, the segments retained their names from the ''Disneyland'' series (''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' and ''The Wind in the Willows'', respectively), having taken their names from the original stories.

Some of the scenes were cut when the segments were split up for home video release. For example:

* '''''The Wind in the Willows'''''
** Part of the introduction was cut because of the new music added. As a side effect, most of the original audio for the introduction was synced incorrectly.
** The scene where Angus MacBadger confronts the angry townspeople who are suing Toad.
** The newspaper scene regarding Toad's disgrace was shortened by removing the newspaper articles of his friends' attempts to reopen his case.
** When Toad realizes he is underwater after unknowingly jumping into a river to elude the police pursuing him, there is a brief full-body scene of Toad frantically trying to pull out the ball-and-chain he is shackled to out of the floor of the river.
* '''''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'''''
** The only thing that was cut was the introduction in the bookcases.

===Home media===
''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' received its first complete home video release in the UK in 1991 and in the US in 1992, when it was released by [[Walt Disney Home Video]] on VHS and [[LaserDisc]]. A subsequent complete release on VHS followed in 1999 as the last title in the ''Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection'' line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/masterpiece/shelves/icbdtoad/index.html|title=The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991008160450/http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/masterpiece/shelves/icbdtoad/index.html|website=[[Go.com|Disney.go.com]]|archive-date=October 8, 1999|access-date=January 29, 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2000, it appeared on DVD for the first time as part of the ''Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection'' line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID10001170.asp|title=Walt Disney Home Video Debuts the "Gold Classic Collection"|website=The Laughing Place|access-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref>

The 1963 theatrical version of ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' was released on VHS in 1982, 1990, and 1994. The 1978 theatrical version of ''The Wind in the Willows'' was released on VHS in March 1983, 1988, and 1996.<ref name="CB12181982">{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d3/CashBox_US_1982-12-18.pdf|title=New Video Software Releases|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|date=December 12, 1982|volume=44|issue=30|page=13}}</ref> This same version of ''The Wind in the Willows'' was issued on DVD for the first time in 2009, as part of the fifth volume of the Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films series. Both had been released to video separately in the US in the early 1980s as white clamshell releases even though ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'' had been released in its entirety around the same time.

''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' was released on [[Blu-ray]], DVD, Digital HD and in a two-film collection with ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'' on August 12, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adventures of Ichabod & Mr Toad / Fun & Fancy Free|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K7BCWLW/|website=Amazon|date=12 August 2014}}</ref> It was also released as solely on Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy combo<ref>{{cite web|title=The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy)|url=https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Adventures-of-Ichabod-and-Mr-Toad-Blu-ray-DVD-Digital-Copy/36931815|website=Walmart.com}}</ref> and a stand-alone DVD<ref>{{cite web|title=The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad|url=https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Adventures-of-Ichabod-and-Mr-Toad/36931812|website=Walmart.com}}</ref> exclusively to [[Walmart]] stores.

The film was available to stream on [[Disney+]] when the service launched on November 12, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://attractionsmagazine.com/disney-plus-day-one-list/|title=Every Disney movie, TV show available day one on Disney+|website=Attractions Magazine|date=October 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917103857/https://attractionsmagazine.com/disney-plus-day-one-list/|archive-date=September 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical response===
[[A. H. Weiler]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised the film, saying that "Mr. Disney, abetted by his staff, such perfect narrators as Bing Crosby and Basil Rathbone, and a pair of durable literary works, has fashioned a conclave of cartoon creatures, which, by and large, have the winsome qualities and charm of such noted creations as ''Mickey Mouse,'' ''Dumbo,'' et al."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/10/10/archives/the-screen-in-review-the-adventures-of-ichabod-and-mr-toad-sees-the.html|title='The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad' Sees the Return of Disney to Realm of Pure Animation|newspaper=The New York Times|page=18|date=October 10, 1949|access-date=February 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221442/https://www.nytimes.com/1949/10/10/archives/the-screen-in-review-the-adventures-of-ichabod-and-mr-toad-sees-the.html|archive-date=September 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Herman Schoenfeld of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' felt the film "ranks among the best full-length cartoons turned out by the Walt Disney studios." On ''The Wind in the Willows'', he commented that it "has a subtle, satirical edge on its comedy which will limit its appreciation to adult audiences. The Irving legend, however, is treated with splashes of color and broad strokes of humor and violence that will appeal in a fundamental way to all age groups. Together they comprise a solid package of varied entertainment."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Schoenfeld |first=Herman |url=https://archive.org/details/variety175-1949-08/page/n203/mode/2up |title=Film Reviews: Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad |magazine=Variety |page=18 |date=August 24, 1949 |access-date=January 28, 2021 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

A review in ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine felt Disney's adaptation of ''The Wind in the Willows'' "leaves out the poetry and most of the subtlety, but it still has enough action for the children and wit enough for everybody. It is deft and pleasant, and throughout, ironic and goodhearted. Although the Ichabod part of ''Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' is silly and bumbling, Mr. Toad's half is good enough to convince Disney admirers that the old master can still display the bounce and vitality he had before the war."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9kwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65|title=The Remarkable Mr. Toad|magazine=Life|pages=65–67|issn=0024-3019|date=November 21, 1949|access-date=February 24, 2018|via=[[Google Books]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508164341/https://books.google.com/books?id=9kwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65|archive-date=May 8, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> A review in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine felt the film was "an uneven doubleheader by Walt Disney, who has combined into one film two dissimilar literary classics." However, they particularly praised ''The Wind in the Willows'', writing, "This lighthearted, fast-moving romp has inspired some of Disney's most inventive draftsmanship and satire." They were less receptive to ''Sleepy Hollow'', writing it was "Disney at his facile best. The rest of the story, dealing with quaint, legendary people, is flat and prosaic."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,853992,00.html|title=Cinema: New Pictures|magazine=Time|date=October 17, 1949|access-date=February 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419084119/https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,853992,00.html|archive-date=April 19, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Leonard Maltin]], writing in his book ''The Disney Films'', wrote that the film was "one of Disney's most beguiling animated features: ''The Wind in the Willows'' in particular has some of the finest work the studio ever did."{{sfn|Maltin|1995|pages=91–92}} Altogether, he claimed "these sequences form a most engaging feature, with as the saying goes, something for everyone. The half-hour length seems ideal for each of the stories, with neither a feeling of abruptness, nor a hint of padding to reach that length. And somehow the two tales seem to complement each other quite well, providing an interesting contrast, notable in style and execution, and more obviously in the change of narrator."{{sfn|Maltin|1995|pp=91–92}} M. Faust of [[Common Sense Media]] gave the film five complete stars writing, "Two classic stories told in the best Disney style."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/adventures-ichabod-and-mr-toad|title=Parents' Guide to The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad|author=M. Faust|website=Common Sense Media|date=September 2, 2010|access-date=May 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225141953/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-adventures-of-ichabod-and-mr-toad|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad'' has an approval rating of {{RT data|score}}, based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average score of {{RT data|average}}. Its consensus states "This Disney two-fer may not be the most reverent literary adaptation, but it's remarkably crafted and emotionally resonant."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/adventures_of_ichabod_and_mr_toad|title=The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430134407/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/adventures_of_ichabod_and_mr_toad|archive-date=April 30, 2024|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-adventures-of-ichabod-and-mr-toad|title=The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad|website=Metacritic|publisher=[[Red Ventures]]|access-date=January 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421103726/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-adventures-of-ichabod-and-mr-toad/|archive-date=April 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Accolades===
The film won the [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Cinematography – Color.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/25083|title=Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, The|website=Golden Globes|access-date=September 8, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802055439/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/25083|archive-date=August 2, 2012|via=[[archive.today]]}}</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:Toad Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Toad Hall at [[Storybook Land Canal Boats]] attraction in [[Disneyland]].]]
The film has a presence at some of the [[Disney Parks, Experiences and Products|Disney Parks and Resorts]] mainly through rides and restaurants. There is a Sleepy Hollow refreshments café themed to ''[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]'' in [[Liberty Square (Magic Kingdom)|Liberty Square]] at the [[Magic Kingdom]], whilst the story of ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' is present at Toad Hall Restaurant located in [[Fantasyland]] at [[Disneyland Paris]]. At the [[Disneyland Resort]], [[Mr. Toad's Wild Ride]] in Fantasyland at [[Disneyland|Disneyland Park]] is themed after Mr. Toad, while the Frightfully Fun Parade during Oogie Boogie Bash features the Headless Horseman at [[Disney California Adventure|Disney California Adventure Park]]. The Headless Horseman is also featured in a pre-parade ride during [[Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party]] at the [[Magic Kingdom]] in [[Walt Disney World Resort|Walt Disney World]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.disneyworld.co.uk/dining/magic-kingdom/sleepy-hollow/|title=Sleepy Hollow|access-date=2021-12-24|website=Walt Disney World|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Toad Hall Restaurant|url=https://www.disneylandparis.com/en-gb/dining/disneyland-park/toad-hall-restaurant/|access-date=2021-12-24|website=Disneyland Paris|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://disneyland.disney.go.com/attractions/disneyland/mr-toads-wild-ride/|title=Mr. Toad's Wild Ride|access-date=2021-12-24|website=Disneyland|language=en}}</ref>

''The Wind in the Willows'' is also more prevalently represented in later Disney media, with occasional appearances made by Toad, Moley, Ratty, MacBadger and the Weasels, notably in ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (1983).

==See also==
* [[1949 in film]]
* [[List of films set around Halloween]]
* [[List of American films of 1949]]
* [[List of Walt Disney Pictures films]]
* [[List of Disney theatrical animated features]]
* [[List of animated feature films of the 1940s]]
* [[List of highest-grossing animated films]]
* [[List of package films]]
* [[Mr. Toad's Wild Ride]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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==External links==
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*''[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/622839/the-adventures-of-ichabod-and-mr-toad The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]'' at the [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM Movie Database]]
*  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9pEF-WbMV0 D23 Creepy Classics: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]

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