Directed by: Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske
& Bill Roberts
Written by: Homer Brightman, Eldon Dedini
& Sinclair Lewis (story of Bongo)
Music by: Oliver Wallace, Eliot Daniel,
Leigh Harline, Buddy Kaye, Ray Noble, Paul J. Smith, George Weiss &
Bobby Worth
Released on: 27 September 1947
Running Time: 73 minutes
Budget: $
Box-Office: $ million in the U.S.
Mickey Mouse... Walt Disney
Jiminy Cricket... Cliff Edwards
Giant... Billy Gilbert
Singing Harp... Anita Gordon
Donald Duck... Clarence Nash
Edgar Bergen... Himself
Luana Patten... Herself
Fun and Fancy Free features two stories: "Mickey and the
Beanstalk", in which Mickey, Donald and Goofy climb a beanstalk to rescue
the singing harp from a giant to restore happiness in their Happy Valley
-this segment is interspersed with live-action clips of Edgar Bergen and
his pals Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd; and "Bongo The Bear", in
which a circus bear, meets and falls in love with a girl bear named Lulbelle.
But first he must confront a bear rival, Lumpjaw, whose looks match his
name, before he wins her..
This is Walt Disney's ninth full-length
animated classic; it is also 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 opening song by Jiminy, "I'm a Happy Go Lucky Fellow," was originally
written and recorded for "Pinocchio".
In the 1960s, Disney animated new introductory material of Ludwig
Von Drake and his pet, Herman, to replace Edgar Bergen when the "Beanstalk"
segment was run on Disney's television show.
This film was rereleased on video in 1982, 1989 and 1997, and on
DVD in 2000.
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