The story behind fun and fancy free disney mambo no. Fun and fancy free 1947 the nineth animated feature movie in the walt disney animated classics series. And through various sorceries and dark acts, bergen became close friends with the only dark prince more powerful than satan, walt disney hisself. Mickey and the beanstalk movie 1 fun and fancy free. Which is why bergen and his toybox of horrors are here, in this movie titled fun and fancy free, which in a more honest world would be called terrified and shitting your pants. As a test, ben coaxes jack into joining the ymca indian guides. Unless you are steeped in disney knowledge, chances are youve never heard of this little bear, but. It was the fourth of the package films featurelength compilations of shorter segments the studio produced in the 1940s. Jun 19, 2016 donald duck, mickey mouse, pluto and goofy 4 hours full episodes. Bongo, about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and mickey and the beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale. Alone that movie probably would rank in the lower 1015 disney movies.
Directed by jack kinney, hamilton luske, william morgan. I cant really fault these films at all for being where ive ranked them. The inaugural entry in a series of monographs published by the hyperion historical alliance, this volume relates the story behind fun and fancy free 1947, one of walt disneys most delightful and underappreciated postwar features. Fun and fancy free would be the last movie that walt disney voiced mickey mouse. It was the last animated feature starring walt disney as the voice of mickey mouse, and the.
The package films combined multiple short segments based around a common theme, in this case having fun, as opposed to a single plotbased story. Funnyman chevy chase is jack, a guy whos found the woman of his dreams. If chicken little is your fave movie, youre a true disney fan. Fun and fancy free is a mixed bag with more than enough interesting material to make it worth seeing, even if it falls short of disneys shameless selfpraise. The mickey and the beanstalk portion of the film was the last. These are the lowestrated disney movies how many have you. Thanks for watching, like and share if you like this video, subscribe for more. Both films were originally planned to be separate full length features but with world war ii causing shortages, loss of. Parents need to know fun and fancy free is a 1947 incolor walt disney animated compilation of two shorts, one about bongo the escaped circus bear, the other a version of jack and the beanstalk adapted to feature mickey mouse, jiminy cricket, donald duck, and goofy, and liveaction narration by famed ventriloquist edgar bergen and his dummies, charlies mccarthy and mortimer snerd. Bongo the story of a very funny circus bear cub based on an. It was the last animated feature starring walt disney as the voice of mickey mouse, and the only film featuring all four of walt disney s most famous characters mickey mouse, donald duck, goofy, and jiminy cricket. The first short in the movie is the story of bongo, a circus bear.
A blend of liveaction and animation, fun and fancy free is comprised of two distinct tales linked by additional footage featuring jiminy cricket. Come along as jiminy cricket tells the story of bongo, a circus bear who wants nothing more than to be back with his friends and family in the wild. Fun and fancy free dvd, 2000, gold collection edition for. Fun and fancy free is a 1947 feature film produced by walt disney productions and released by rko radio pictures. It is the ninth animated feature in the walt disney animated features canon. Disney had been planning to use each story for separate feature films but the involvement of the united states in wwii disrupted his plans and the stories were shelved until after the war. It is the ninth disney animated feature film and the fourth of the package films the studio produced in the 1940s in order to save money during world war ii. Fun and fancy free quotes from the 1947 disney movie. After a small chat and introduction with jiminy cricket. Donald duck, mickey mouse, pluto and goofy 4 hours full episodes. Oct 21, 2014 fun and fancy free was released on september 27, 1947 as the ninth full length animated feature in disney history and the fourth in a string of six consecutive package films produced by the studio. Fun and fancy free is a 1947 american animated musical fantasy package film produced by walt disney and released on september 27, 1947 by rko radio pictures. Mickey mouse, donald duck, goofy and jiminy cricket star in two classic animated featurettes. As the featurettes were originally planned to be made as full length features, but.
Fun and fancy free is a 1947 american animated musical fantasy package film produced by walt disney and released on september 27, 1947 by rko radio. Fun and fancy free is a walt disney animated motion picture that was produced in 1947. Movie mondays fun and fancy free walking down main street. Oct 02, 2017 fun and fancy free was the 9th animated feature film produced by walt disney productions and celebrated its 70th anniversary last week. The story behind fun and fancy free featurette june 20, 2000. Share images, screencaps, and wallpapers from popular movies, tv shows, and anime with friends on social media quickly and easily. It was the last animated feature starring walt disney as the voice of mickey mouse, and the only film featuring all four of walt disneys most famous characters. Fun and fancy free is a delightful gem that not only sparkles with charm, but is unbelievably rich in historymaking disney moments. Too bad her stubborn 11yearold son, ben thinks jack is a geek. Released in 1947, fun and fancy free is the ninth film in the disney animated canon the movie is a package film, consisting of two shorts that were each originally planned to be full length movies in their own right, but due to situations at the time, had to be cut short and put together in this one movie. Fun and fancy free, walt disneys 9th full length animated masterpiece, is a delightful gem that not only sparkles with charm, but is unbelievably rich in historymaking disney moments. With edgar bergen, dinah shore, luana patten, anita gordon. Fun and fancy free 1947 directed by william roberts. The movie has two different sections both were being produced independently as full length features, but when wartime shortages lost the studio resources, time and animators, walt disney made the decision to combine the two.
Fun and fancy free is a relatively minor work in the disney oeuvre, but its still quite entertaining, and it also marks the last time that walt disney himself would provide the voice of mickey mouse. Mickey and the beanstalk, in which the famed mouse and his friends get caught up in a version of the popular fairy tale, which is interspersed with liveaction clips of edgar bergen and his dummy pals charlie mccarthy and mortimer snerd. Jiminy cricket hosts this disney animated movie with two short stories. Disney s ninth animated feature includes two stories. Images, screencaps, and blog for fun and fancy free. Then, severe drought leaves mickey, donald and goofy with a solitary bean. This movie includes bongo and mickey and the beanstalk. It is also the ninth animated feature in the disney animated canon. Fun and fancy free 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The disney package film contained two short films, bongo and mickey and the beanstalk.
Likewise, alone mickey and the beanstalk would probably rank in the top 1015. Fun and fancy free is a 1947 animated feature produced by walt disney productions and released by rko radio pictures on september 27, 1947. These are the lowestrated disney movies how many have. Watch fun and fancy free full movie in hd visit movie 46929 jiminy cricket hosts two disney animated shorts.
Mickey and the beanstalk movie 1 from fun and fancy free, adaptation of jack and the beanstalk with mickey mouse, donald duck, and goofy as peasants who discover temperamental willie the giants castle in the sky through the use of some magic beans. Disney just happened to get going as a studio right before a world war hit, so it was just a bad stroke of luck that they couldnt get enough finances going to keep making films like they do now. This was a different kind of package feature, combining two featurettelength stories in a single film. It was one of the package films featurelength compilations of shorter segments that the studio produced in the 1940s. It was the last animated feature starring walt disney as the voice of mickey mouse, and the only film featuring all four of walt disney.
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