Don't Let Me Down (1971 song)
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"Don't Let Me Down" by Robert & Richard Sherman is a song from the 1971 Walt Disney
musical film
, Bedknobs and Broomsticks
. It is sung by Angela Lansbury
in reply to David Tomlinson
's "sales pitch" song, "Eglantine
" where Tomlinson begs Lansbury to join his magic act. The song is often cut from TV presentations of the film.
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...
musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
, Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company which combines live action and animation and was released in North America on December 13, 1971...
. It is sung by Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury
Angela Brigid Lansbury CBE is an English actress and singer in theatre, television and motion pictures, whose career has spanned eight decades and earned her more performance Tony Awards than any other individual , with five wins...
in reply to David Tomlinson
David Tomlinson
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English film actor. He is primarily remembered for his roles as authority figure George Banks in Mary Poppins, fraudulent magician Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and as hapless antagonist Peter Thorndyke in The Love Bug.-Early life:Born...
's "sales pitch" song, "Eglantine
Eglantine (song)
"Eglantine" is a song written by Robert and Richard Sherman for the 1971 Walt Disney musical film Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Professor Emelius Browne sings the song in an attempt to persuade his student witch, Ms. Eglantine Price , to join forces with him. Brown tells Price: -Literary Sources:*...
" where Tomlinson begs Lansbury to join his magic act. The song is often cut from TV presentations of the film.
Literary Sources
- Sherman, Robert B. Walt's Time: from before to beyondWalt's Time: from before to beyondWalt's Time: from before to beyond is a 252-page autobiographic, full color book by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. It was edited by Imagineers Bruce Gordon, David Mumford and Jeff Kurtti and was published in 1998 by Camphor Tree Publishers who are out of Santa Clarita, California...
. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.