Fun & Fancy Free (1947)

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: "Bongo," about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and "Mickey and the Beanstalk," a take on the famous fairy tale.

Writers:

Homer Brightman (story), Harry Reeves (story),

Stars:

Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Charlie McCarthy

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Edgar Bergen	...	Edgar Bergen
Dinah Shore	...	Narrator (voice)
Charlie McCarthy	...	Charlie
Mortimer Snerd	...	Mortimer
Luana Patten	...	Luana
Walt Disney	...	Mickey Mouse (voice)
Anita Gordon	...	Singing Harp (voice)
Cliff Edwards	...	Jiminy Cricket (voice)
Billy Gilbert	...	Willie the Giant (voice)
Clarence Nash	...	Donald Duck / Cat (voice)
The King's Men	...	Singers (as The Kings Men)
The Dinning Sisters	...	Singers
The Starlighters	...	The Starlighters

Storyline

Disney version of fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk", featuring Mickey, Donald, and Goofy in the main roles. Also contains another short film, re-released as "Bongo".

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Plot Keywords:

bear | jiminy cricket | circus | goofy holler | full moon | 

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Taglines:

It's Got That DISNEY MAGIC! (original print media ad - many caps)

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Music

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 1947 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fun and Fancy Free

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the fifth of seven "package films" released by Walt Disney's company in the 1940s due to wartime budgetary constraints. They were called "package films" because they were feature-length films containing two or more short films tied together by surrounding material. In this canon, Fun & Fancy Free was preceded by The Reluctant Dragon, Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, and Make Mine Music and followed by Melody Time and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

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Quotes

Edgar Bergen: [as the beanstalk climbs into the stratosphere] And all through the night, it grew onward and upward.
Charlie McCarthy: That thing is a menace to aviation.

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Crazy Credits

Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Mickey Mouse, Jiminy Cricket, and Donald Duck are billed as if they were actors, when they are fictional characters.

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Connections

Edited into Bongo (1947)

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Soundtracks

"My, What a Happy Day"
(1947) (uncredited)
Written by Bill Walsh and Ray Noble
Performed by Anita Gordon and Chorus

User Reviews

tiny treasure

This is a good combination of two animated stories/shorts: Bongo and Micky and the Beanstalk. while watching a mixture of stories and a mixture of animation and live action was a little awkward, Jiminy Cricket held it together. This film's latest release on video gives everyone the opportunity to see this tiny treasure for the first time. While, it doesn't rank up with the Best of Disney's animation, it is still worth seeing, if nothing else for Walt Disney's last film as the voice of Mickey.