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Vernon Stallings

Vernon Stallings

Writer · Died April 9, 1963, aged 71 · California, USA

Courtesy of Wikipedia: George Vernon Stallings was an American animation director and writer. He started working for Bray Productions in 1916 where he directed the Colonel Heeza Liar series of shorts, and the Krazy Kat shorts. He then worked for Van Beuren Studios from 1931 through 1934. Stallings directed the Silly Symphonies short Merbabies before continuing writing for the Disney studios on feature films such as Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi. He is the son of famous baseball manager George Stallings.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 9, 1891
Died
April 9, 1963 (aged 71)
From
California, USA
Works as
Writer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 67 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 32% in 30 days

What are Vernon Stallings' films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
46%
Self
29%
Ideas
14%
Society
7%
Power
3%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeNature2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 10 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 5

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
6
Warm
5
Melancholic
4
Hopeful
4
Triumphant
2
Other
7

How their films linger

Feel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Vernon Stallings' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Disney+ (9).

Subscription and free streaming for Vernon Stallings' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

67 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Song of the South(1946)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Bambi(1942)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Dumbo(1941)

    Story Developer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Fantasia(1940)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Ugly Duckling(1939)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Storyboard

  • Merbabies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • Farmyard Symphony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Storyboard

  • Wynken, Blynken & Nod(1938)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Moth and the Flame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Story

  • Boat Builders(1938)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Ferdinand the Bull(1938)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Hawaiian Holiday(1937)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Little Hiawatha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Story

  • Magician Mickey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Story

  • Mickey's Rival(1936)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Fiddlin' Fun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Cactus King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • The Hot Choc-late Soldiers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Story

  • Mild Cargo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Art for Art's Sake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Cubby's Stratosphere Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • A Royal Good Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • How's Crops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Sultan Pepper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Goode Knight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Jolly Good Felons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • The Lion Tamer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Jest of Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • The Rasslin' Match (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • The Fatal Note (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • Hook and Ladder Hokum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • Happy Hoboes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • Puzzled Pals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • The Magic Mummy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • Pencil Mania (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • A Spanish Twist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Jolly Fish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Redskin Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • The Tuba Tooter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Joint Wipers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Rabid Hunters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • A Swiss Trick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director

  • Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director

  • Wot a Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director

  • Tom & Jerry and Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director

  • Colonel Heeza Liar's Knighthood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Director

  • Colonel Heeza Liar, Nature Faker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Director · Writer

  • Colonel Heeza Liar's Forbidden Fruit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director

  • Colonel Heeza Liar in the African Jungles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director

  • Colonel Heeza Liar's Burglar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director

  • Colonel Heeza Liar, Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Director

  • The Wireless Wire-Walkers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Director

  • Scrambled Eagles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Director

  • How I Became Krazy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Director

  • The Awful Spook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Director

  • Jerry on the Job: Without Coal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • Jerry on the Job: A Thrilling Drill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • Jerry on the Job: The Bomb Idea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • A Family Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • Jerry on the Job: Quick Change (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • Jerry on the Job: Cheating the Piper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • Jerry on the Job: Swinging His Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • Jerry on the Job: A False Alarm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • The Best Mouse Loses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • Love's Labor Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

  • The Great Cheese Robbery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 65 titles from 1920 to 1946.

Biggest box office

Bambi (1942)

$267M worldwide

Highest rated

Fantasia (1940)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Dumbo (1941)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing51 of 65: 50 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting15 of 65: 14 only writing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score77th

By decade

1920s21 · crew1930s41 · crew1940s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Vernon Stallings' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th4

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser8

Most divisive · writer

Song of the South (1946)

51st percentile spread · 11% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Fantasia (1940)

Midcredits 94th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 43/100 and the plot and story 48/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Vernon Stallings' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 35 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 8 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 4 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Vernon Stallings work with?

People who share at least 2 of Vernon Stallings' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Walt Disney shares the most, 10.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Mixed roles