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Fun and Fancy Free( 1947)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Edgar Bergen

      Himself / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd

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      Dinah Shore

      Narrator (voice)

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      Luana Patten

      Herself

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      Walt Disney

      Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

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      Anita Gordon

      Singing Harp (voice)

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      Cliff Edwards

      Jiminy Cricket (voice)

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      Clarence Nash

      Donald Duck / Cat (voice)

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      Pinto Colvig

      Goofy (voice) (uncredited)

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      James MacDonald

      Lumpjaw (voice) (uncredited)

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      Billy Gilbert

      Willie the Giant (voice)

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      The King's Men

      Singers

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      Eugenia Doy "Jean" Dinning

      The Dinning sisters - Singers

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      The Starlighters

      The Starlighters

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    A review by lwpcolonel

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    Written by lwpcolonel on Sun Jan 14 2018
    After World War 2 the Disney studio had difficulty getting back to where they were prior to the war's disruptive affects on the studio's operations. Having said that, they produced what they called "Package Features", which contained multiple stories rather than just one feature, as was the case with "Snow White", "Pinocchio", and "Fantasia", prior to the war. This one, "Fun And Fancy Free", uses 2 story lines that were in development prior to the American declaration of War, in December of 1941. "Mickey & the Beanstalk", pictured on the cover, plus "Bongo" the 'Circus Bear'. 2 films that wer...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • circus
    • fairy tale
    • villain
    • love
    • bear
    • puppetry
    • beanstalk
    • golden harp
    • based on fairy tale
    • giant
    • ventriloquism
    • live action and animation