The Human Waterfall is a group-performed musical number from the film Footlight Parade (1933).
History[]
Background[]
In the film, the Human Waterfall was one of three film musical, "Prologues" created by director Chester Kent to prove his abilities.
Appearances[]
The Great Movie Ride[]
The first film scene involved passing by the Human Waterfall.
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway[]
In the carnival scene at Disney's Hollywood Studios is a poster for the, "Great Moving Ride", a. reference to how Runaway Railway replaced the Great Movie Ride. The poster shows anthropamorphic animal characters posing as the Human Waterfall on an escalator.[1]
Trivia[]
- The Human Waterfall in the Great Movie Ride originally moved around with water-effects. However, engineering and technical problems caused this effect to be shut down, with the structure being static afterwards. A scrim was placed over the scene which played projections on it.
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