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Fun and Fancy Free

Original title: Fun & Fancy Free
  • 1947
  • G
  • 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
9.8K
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Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
Jiminy Cricket begins the film by playing a Dinah Shore record that tells the tale of Bongo to cheer up a desolate-looking doll and bear. Bongo, a circus bear, meets and falls in love with a girl bear named Lulubelle. But first he must confront a bear rival, Lumpjaw, whose looks match his name, before he wins her. When the story is completed, Jiminy finds he has been invited to ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's house where he is entertaining Luana Patten, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd. Bergen tells the story of Mickey and the Beanstalk, in which Mickey and his friends, Donald and Goofy, climb a beanstalk to rescue the lovely singing harp from a giant to restore happiness to their Happy Valley. As Bergen finishes the story, the giant appears, lifting the roof, in search of Mickey Mouse, then goes on down the hill toward Hollywood.
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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.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.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.

  • Directors
    • Jack Kinney
    • Hamilton Luske
    • William Morgan
  • Writers
    • Homer Brightman
    • Harry Reeves
    • Ted Sears
  • Stars
    • Edgar Bergen
    • Dinah Shore
    • Luana Patten
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    9.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Jack Kinney
      • Hamilton Luske
      • William Morgan
    • Writers
      • Homer Brightman
      • Harry Reeves
      • Ted Sears
    • Stars
      • Edgar Bergen
      • Dinah Shore
      • Luana Patten
    • 55User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Edgar Bergen
    Edgar Bergen
    • Edgar Bergen…
    Dinah Shore
    Dinah Shore
    • Dinah Shore - Narrator
    • (voice)
    Luana Patten
    Luana Patten
    • Luana
    Anita Gordon
    • Singing Harp
    • (voice)
    Cliff Edwards
    Cliff Edwards
    • Jiminy Cricket
    • (voice)
    Billy Gilbert
    Billy Gilbert
    • Willie the Giant
    • (voice)
    Clarence Nash
    Clarence Nash
    • Donald Duck
    • (voice)
    • …
    The King's Men
    • Singers
    • (as The Kings Men)
    The Dinning Sisters
    • Singers
    The Starlighters
    • The Starlighters
    Pinto Colvig
    Pinto Colvig
    • Goofy
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Ken Darby
    Ken Darby
    • The Bull
    • (uncredited)
    Walt Disney
    Walt Disney
    • Mickey Mouse
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    James MacDonald
    • Lumpjaw
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Thurl Ravenscroft
    • Horse
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Betty Romaine
    • Singer
    • (uncredited)
    Lee Sweetland
    • Singing Narrator
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Jack Kinney
      • Hamilton Luske
      • William Morgan
    • Writers
      • Homer Brightman
      • Harry Reeves
      • Ted Sears
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Edgar Bergen was one of the most popular ventriloquists of the 1940s even having his own radio show featuring Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. After seeing this film he said he was dismayed to see how much he moved his lips, blaming it on the fact that on radio he did not have to not move his lips and had become spoiled.
    • Goofs
      During the bear chorus line with bears arm in arm (31 minutes into the feature), which arm is in front changes a few times.
    • Quotes

      Edgar Bergen: Once upon a time, long long ago...

      Charlie McCarthy: Funny, nothing ever happens nowadays.

    • 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.
    • Connections
      Edited into Bongo (1947)
    • Soundtracks
      I'm A Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow
      (1947) (uncredited)
      Written by Ned Washington and Eliot Daniel
      Sung by Cliff Edwards

    User reviews55

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    10/10

    This movie made me "Fun and Fancy Free!"

    The duo of Disney and RKO continue the magic onto 1947 with this flick, "Fun and Fancy Free." In it are a couple of wonderful and terrific stories: "Bongo," and "Mickey and the Beanstalk." Again, this movie has everything that you would expect in a Disney classic. Also, look out for more great Disney friends, like Jiminy Cricket!!!!!

    One interesting fact: did you know that Walt Disney, the man who created Mickey, was the voice of Mickey Mouse? In "Mickey and the Beanstalk," Walt Disney himself voiced as Mickey Mouse, and that would end up being his last cartoon to do so.

    So, this shows that movies like this just aren't made anymore. (sniff) But still, watch this movie with your children, enjoy it, and have a whole lot of fun with "Fun and Fancy Free!!!!!" 10 out of 10 stars.
    • sethn172
    • Jul 29, 2006
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    • Release date
      • March 12, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Fun and Fancy Free, Featuring Mickey and the Beanstalk
    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney Feature Animation - 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Animation Studios
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 13 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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