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Fun and Fancy Free
Fun and Fancy Free, formerly known as Fun & 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 Bergen to join its two stories.
Jiminy Cricket appears inside a large house, exploring and singing "I'm a Happy-go-Lucky Fellow" until he comes across a doll, a teddy bear, and a record player. Among the records, he finds one titled Bongo, a musical romance story narrated by Dinah Shore, and decides to play it.
The story follows Bongo, a circus bear who longs for freedom. Though celebrated in the circus ring, he is mistreated offstage. While traveling by circus train, he acts on his instincts and escapes into the wild. Initially optimistic about his new life, Bongo quickly realizes the harsh realities of the wilderness.
The next morning, Bongo meets a female bear named Lulubelle, and the two fall in love. However, a burly rogue bear named Lumpjaw misinterprets Lulubelle’s playful slap as affection and claims her for himself. Bongo later learns that slapping is the bears’ way of showing love and returns to challenge Lumpjaw. After a fierce fight ending in a plunge down a waterfall, Lumpjaw is swept away, and Bongo and Lulubelle are happily united.
After the story ends, Jiminy notices an invitation to a birthday party for Luana Patten at the house across the street. He hops over and quietly joins the festivities, where Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, and Edgar Bergen entertain Luana. Edgar decides to tell a story.
In a parody of Jack and the Beanstalk, the kingdom of Happy Valley, sustained by a singing golden harp, falls into despair when the harp is stolen. The story focuses on three poor farmers — Mickey, Donald, and Goofy — are down to a single loaf of bread and one bean. Driven mad by hunger, Donald nearly kills their pet cow, prompting Mickey to trade the cow for “magic beans.” Enraged, Donald throws the beans through a hole in the floor. Overnight, the beans sprout into a gigantic beanstalk that lifts their house to the sky.
The next morning, the trio climbs the beanstalk and finds themselves in a land of giants. They sneak into a castle where they discover the golden harp, who reveals she was kidnapped by Willie the Giant. While the friends feast, Willie appears, showing off his powers of flight, invisibility, and shapeshifting. When Mickey sneezes inside Willie’s sandwich, he is caught. Pretending to be a fortune-teller, Mickey tries to trick Willie into becoming a fly but fails when Willie transforms into a bunny instead and catches Donald and Goofy, locking them in the harp’s chest. Mickey escapes and frees them while the harp sings Willie to sleep.
The trio flees with the harp, but Willie awakens and chases them down the beanstalk. Mickey stalls Willie long enough for Donald and Goofy to cut the beanstalk, causing Willie to fall to his presumed death.
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Fun and Fancy Free
Fun and Fancy Free, formerly known as Fun & 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 Bergen to join its two stories.
Jiminy Cricket appears inside a large house, exploring and singing "I'm a Happy-go-Lucky Fellow" until he comes across a doll, a teddy bear, and a record player. Among the records, he finds one titled Bongo, a musical romance story narrated by Dinah Shore, and decides to play it.
The story follows Bongo, a circus bear who longs for freedom. Though celebrated in the circus ring, he is mistreated offstage. While traveling by circus train, he acts on his instincts and escapes into the wild. Initially optimistic about his new life, Bongo quickly realizes the harsh realities of the wilderness.
The next morning, Bongo meets a female bear named Lulubelle, and the two fall in love. However, a burly rogue bear named Lumpjaw misinterprets Lulubelle’s playful slap as affection and claims her for himself. Bongo later learns that slapping is the bears’ way of showing love and returns to challenge Lumpjaw. After a fierce fight ending in a plunge down a waterfall, Lumpjaw is swept away, and Bongo and Lulubelle are happily united.
After the story ends, Jiminy notices an invitation to a birthday party for Luana Patten at the house across the street. He hops over and quietly joins the festivities, where Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, and Edgar Bergen entertain Luana. Edgar decides to tell a story.
In a parody of Jack and the Beanstalk, the kingdom of Happy Valley, sustained by a singing golden harp, falls into despair when the harp is stolen. The story focuses on three poor farmers — Mickey, Donald, and Goofy — are down to a single loaf of bread and one bean. Driven mad by hunger, Donald nearly kills their pet cow, prompting Mickey to trade the cow for “magic beans.” Enraged, Donald throws the beans through a hole in the floor. Overnight, the beans sprout into a gigantic beanstalk that lifts their house to the sky.
The next morning, the trio climbs the beanstalk and finds themselves in a land of giants. They sneak into a castle where they discover the golden harp, who reveals she was kidnapped by Willie the Giant. While the friends feast, Willie appears, showing off his powers of flight, invisibility, and shapeshifting. When Mickey sneezes inside Willie’s sandwich, he is caught. Pretending to be a fortune-teller, Mickey tries to trick Willie into becoming a fly but fails when Willie transforms into a bunny instead and catches Donald and Goofy, locking them in the harp’s chest. Mickey escapes and frees them while the harp sings Willie to sleep.
The trio flees with the harp, but Willie awakens and chases them down the beanstalk. Mickey stalls Willie long enough for Donald and Goofy to cut the beanstalk, causing Willie to fall to his presumed death.