Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)
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- Approved
- 8min
- Comedy, Family
- 23 Dec 1938 (USA)
- Short
Various Mother Goose rhymes are portrayed by Hollywood stars for example, Old King Cole's fiddlers three are the Marx Brothers, and Humpty Dumpty is W.C. Fields, who falls while tormenting Charlie McCarthy; Simple Simon and the Pieman are...
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- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins.
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Cast
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Al Bernie | ... |
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Thelma Boardman | ... |
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| Beatrice Hagen | ... |
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Ann Lee | ... |
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| Dave Barry | ... |
Groucho Marx / Eddie Cantor / Spencer Tracy / Hugh Herbert / Ned Sparks / Joe Penner / Charles Laughton / W.C. Fields / Charlie McCarthy / Edward G. Robinson / Joe E. Brown / Oliver Hardy (uncredited) (voice)
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| Sara Berner | ... |
Katharine Hepburn / Martha Raye / Greta Garbo / Freddie Bartholomew (uncredited) (voice)
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The Four Blackbirds | ... |
Vocal Group (uncredited) (voice)
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| Clarence Nash | ... |
Donald Duck (uncredited) (voice)
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Danny Webb | ... |
Fats Waller / Stepin Fetchit (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Wilfred Jackson | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
| T. Hee | ... | (story) (uncredited) |
| Sylvia Moberly-Holland | ... | () (uncredited) |
| Clarence Nash | ... | () (uncredited) |
| Dick Rickard | ... | () (uncredited) |
| Webb Smith | ... | () (uncredited) |
| Frank Tashlin | ... | () (uncredited) |
| Roy Williams | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Edward H. Plumb | ... | (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| George Lowerre | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Mickey Batchelder | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Art Babbitt | ... | assistant animator (uncredited) |
| Jack Campbell | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Hugh Fraser | ... | assistant animator (uncredited) |
| Robert Givens | ... | animation checker (uncredited) |
| T. Hee | ... | character designer (uncredited) |
| Ferdinand Horvath | ... | character designer (uncredited) |
| Ward Kimball | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Isadore Klein | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Grim Natwick | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Don Patterson | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Hawley Pratt | ... | assistant animator (uncredited) |
| Terrell Stapp | ... | layout artist (uncredited) |
| Robert Stokes | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Marvin Woodward | ... | assistant animator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- RKO Radio Pictures (1938) (United States) (theatrical)
- VideoVisa (1988) (Mexico) (VHS) (included in "More Silly Symphonies")
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Storyline
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Various Mother Goose rhymes are portrayed by Hollywood stars for example, Old King Cole's fiddlers three are the Marx Brothers, and Humpty Dumpty is W.C. Fields, who falls while tormenting Charlie McCarthy; Simple Simon and the Pieman are Laurel and Hardy.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Aside from his debut in The Wise Little Hen (1934), this is the only appearance of Donald Duck in a Silly Symphony cartoon. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Back to Nature (1972). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | The feature opens with a parody of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer logo, with Mother Goose in the logo roaring like a lion, and the slogan "Ertsnay to ouyay" (Pig Latin for "Nuts to you"). See more » |
| Quotes |
Katharine Hepburn as Little Bo Peep:
I'm Little Bo Peep. I've lost my sheep, really I have. I can't find them anywhere, really, I can't. I think so, don't you? I do. They were such lovely sheep, really they were. See more » |