1947 film produced by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen
Fun and Fancy Free
Original theatrical release poster
Directed by
Jack Kinney (animation)
Bill Roberts (animation)
Hamilton Luske (animation)
William Morgan (live-action)
Story by
Homer Brightman
Eldon Dedini
Lance Nolley
Tom Oreb
Harry Reeves
Ted Sears
Based on
"Little Bear Bongo" by
Sinclair Lewis (Bongo)
"Jack and the Beanstalk" (Mickey and the Beanstalk)
Produced by
Walt Disney Ben Sharpsteen
Starring
Cliff Edwards
Edgar Bergen
Luana Patten
Walt Disney
Clarence Nash
Pinto Colvig
Billy Gilbert
Anita Gordon
Edited by
Jack Bachom
Music by
Oliver Wallace
Paul Smith
Eliot Daniel
Charles Wolcott
Production company
Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by
RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
September 27, 1947 (1947-09-27)
Running time
73 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$3.165 million (worldwide rentals)[1]
Fun and Fancy Free is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy anthology film produced by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen and released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is a compilation of two stories: Bongo, narrated by Dinah Shore and loosely based on the short story "Little Bear Bongo" by Sinclair Lewis; and Mickey and the Beanstalk, narrated by Edgar Bergen and based on the "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairy tale. Though the film is primarily animated, it also uses live-action segments starring Edgar Bergen to join its two stories.
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