Fun And Fancy Free.

Duration: 75 min.

Genre: animated

Year Published: 1947

Creator: 4 directors

Format: 35mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore

Description: Using animation and live action, the film tells two stories: "Bongo," the story of a circus bear who ran away to the woods; and "Mickey and the Beanstalk," which recounts the adventures of Mickey, Pluto, and Goofy in Happy Valley.

The story follows the adventures of a circus bear named Bongo who wishes he could live freely in the wild. The short aired as an individual episode on a 1963 episode of Walt Disney's anthology TV series with new introductory segments. An earlier version of the short was produced in 1955, replacing Bergen with narration by Sterling Holloway, as a stand-alone short in such venues as the 1980s TV show, Good Morning, Mickey!. This version also frequently aired alongside Dumbo. The theatrical version of Mickey and the Beanstalk was released as a bonus feature on the Walt Disney Treasures set Mickey Mouse In Living Color,

Complete Record: FUN AND FANCY FREE. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 75 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on "Bongo" a story by Sinclair Lewis, and on the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk." Summary: Using animation and live action, the film tells two stories: "Bongo," the story of a circus bear who ran away to the woods; and "Mickey and the Beanstalk," which recounts the adventures of Mickey, Pluto, and Goofy in Happy Valley. Credits: Directors, Jack Kinney, W. O. Roberts, Hamilton Luske; story, Homer Brightman, Harry Reeves, Ted Sears, Lance Nolley, Eldon Dedini, Tom Oreb; animators, Ward Kimball, Hugh Fraser, George Rowley; music score, Paul Smith, Oliver Wallace, Eliot Daniel; film editor, Jack Bachom. Cast: Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Launa Patten, Anita Gordon, Cliff Edwards. © Walt Disney Productions; 23Apr47; LP1427.

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