'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' Film Comparison

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The title of this movie is called The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow; it was published in 1949 and produced by Walt Disney. The narrating voice was Bing Crosby and the directors were Clyde Geronimi and Jack Kinney. The genre was a family/horror animation; the rating for this movie would be ⅘, it had you laughing and some of the scenes surprised you. It was comical when the lady who didn't have a dancing partner danced with Brom Bones. It was also surprising because even though Ichabod’s face wasn’t that glamorous, he still proved to the viewers that he can be the ladies man.
This movie is categorized as a traditional translation because it follows the story's plot and idea but it has some differences compared to the book. In the middle of the movie, Ichabod Crane first meets Katrina Van Tassel at the field where Katrina’s suitors set up picnic. In the book, Ichabod first meets Katrina when he was waiting for instructions for psalmody at the church. When Ichabod was invited to Katrina’s Halloween party, he rides a donkey in the film however in the book Ichabod borrows a horse fr...

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