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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Ray Bolger | ... | Barnaby Barnicle | |
| Tommy Sands | ... | Tom Piper | |
| Annette Funicello | ... | Mary Quite Contrary (as Annette) | |
| Ed Wynn | ... | Toymaker | |
| Tommy Kirk | ... | Grumio | |
| Kevin Corcoran | ... | Boy Blue | |
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Henry Calvin | ... | Gonzorgo |
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Gene Sheldon | ... | Roderigo |
| Mary McCarty | ... | Mother Goose | |
| Ann Jillian | ... | Bo Peep | |
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Brian Corcoran | ... | Willie Winkie |
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Tom the Piper's Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary. On the eve of their wedding, evil miser Barnaby hires two henchmen to drown Tom and steal Mary's sheep, cared for by Little Bo Peep, thus depriving Mary and the children she lives with of their livelihood, forcing her to marry Barnaby. The sheep are stolen, but Gonzorgo and Roderigo, Barnaby's henchmen, double-cross him by selling Tom to a band of gypsies instead, leaving Tom with the opportunity to escape and make his way with Mary, Bo-Peep, and other Mother Goose characters to Toyland. Written by Albert Sanchez Moreno <a.moreno@mindspring.com>
Plot Keywords:
color remake of black and white film | sheep | gypsy | mother goose | goose |Taglines:
Follow Your Heart to Joyland! A Dazzling World of Song, Dance and Laughter! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 December 1961 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Carnaval en el bosque See more »Filming Locations:
Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USAEdit
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$10,218,316Company Credits
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1.75 : 1
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Sylvester J. Goose: Hello, everybody. My name is Sylvester, Sylvester J. Goose. My friends call me Syl, or sometimes silly.
[chuckles]
Sylvester J. Goose: At this time, it is with unmitigated pleasure...
Mother Goose: [behind curtain] Sylvester, talk faster.
Sylvester J. Goose: "Talk faster"? You're lucky to find a goose who can talk at all! As I was saying, it is my pleasure to present your hostess for this occasion, weighing one hundred and eighty nine pounds...
Mother Goose: Sylvester!
Sylvester J. Goose: Hmph! I present the one and only Mother Goose.
[Mother Goose enters]
Mother Goose: Thank you, ...
[...]
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Music by Victor Herbert
Music adapted by George Bruns
New Lyrics by Mel Leven
Sung by Ann Jillian and chorus
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The toy soldiers also made an appearance in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964) in the nursery sequence and are favorite features of holiday parades in Disney Parks to this day. Disney animator Bill Justice made sure the Park soldiers were identical to the movie counterparts. See more »Goofs
When Barnaby, in his opening scene, closes the window shutters on Gonzorgo's and Roderigo's hands, the window sill bends as if made of foam instead of wood, so that the actors' hands wouldn't be injured. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Sylvester J. Goose: Hello, everybody. My name is Sylvester, Sylvester J. Goose. My friends call me Syl, or sometimes silly.
[chuckles]
Sylvester J. Goose: At this time, it is with unmitigated pleasure...
Mother Goose: [behind curtain] Sylvester, talk faster.
Sylvester J. Goose: "Talk faster"? You're lucky to find a goose who can talk at all! As I was saying, it is my pleasure to present your hostess for this occasion, weighing one hundred and eighty nine pounds...
Mother Goose: Sylvester!
Sylvester J. Goose: Hmph! I present the one and only Mother Goose.
[Mother Goose enters]
Mother Goose: Thank you, ...
[...]
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Soundtracks
Never Mind, Bo-PeepMusic by Victor Herbert
Music adapted by George Bruns
New Lyrics by Mel Leven
Sung by Ann Jillian and chorus
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Even Disney buffs willing to go to the ends of the earth for Annette Funicello might admit this is one of the former Mouseketeer's weaker efforts for the Disney company. Mary Contrary hopes to get married, but her wedding plans are thwarted by an evil villain. Most of the production and the special effects in the finale are very good, and the adaptation of the operetta score is fine, but the balky direction has no pizazz, no snap. Worse, the scowling children make exclamations in unison, Tommy Sands is excruciatingly hammy in drag as an old gypsy woman, and the Laurel and Hardy-inspired slapstick routines feel out of place. Veterans Ray Bolger and Ed Wynn bring the film some polish; otherwise, there's not much happening in "Toyland", beyond the fact it has a distinct case of "Wizard Of Oz"-itis. ** from ****