Sunday, February 26, 2023

The Making of Walt Disney's Fun and Fancy Free Production Credits

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This film combines the adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' story of a circus bear's journey back to nature with a revision of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk," starring Mickey, Donald, and Goofy. Bongo, tired of his life as a show bear, escapes from the circus, only to find that he can't climb a tree and the noises of the forest scare him. On his way back to civilization, he meets the girl bear Lulubelle, who sends out a confusing message by hitting him. Bongo doesn't know about the old custom: when bears are in love, they say it with a slap. And little does Mickey know about the magic beans for which he traded his cow. Soon Mickey, Donald, and Goofy find themselves climbing a beanstalk, just in time to liberate a singing harp from the evil giant, Willie.
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U.S. Release: September 27, 1947
Technical Specifications: Technicolor, 1.33:1, 73 minutes
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Voices
Donald Duck: Clarence Nash
Goofy: Pinto Colvig
Jiminy Cricket: Cliff Edwards
Mickey Mouse / Lumpjaw: Jimmy Macdonald
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Crew
Production Supervisor: Ben Sharpsteen
Cartoon Director: Hamilton Luske
Directing Animators: Ward Kimball, Les Clark, John Lounsbery, Fred Moore, Wolfgang Reitherman
Character Animators: Art Babbitt, John Sibley, Marc Davis, Hal King
Backgrounds: Claude Coats
Layout: Don DaGradi, Ken O'Connor, John Hench
Score: Paul J. Smith, Oliver Wallace
Process Effects: Ub Iwerks
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1. Bongo
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Bongo
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Layout: Don DaGradi
Animation: Ward Kimball, Les Clark, Fred Moore, Art Babbitt, Marc Davis, Hal King
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Sequence 01.0: Circus

Marc Davis (Bongo's first entrance)
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Sequence 02.0: Lazy Countryside

• Marc Davis (Bongo's entrance on unicycle)
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Sequence 03.0: Night

• Marc Davis (Bongo yawns, beds down, hears noises; Bongo's frightened reactions to noises)
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Sequence 04.0: Bongo Meets Lulubelle

Ward Kimball (Bongo awakes; Bongo with bird and on ledge; Bongo on and into frozen pool, onto unicycle, sneezes and pedals away)
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Sequence 05.0: Too Good to Be True (Fantasy)

• Les Clark (Bongo and Lulubelle touch noses and start fantasy)
• Ward Kimball (cupids attracted to couple, place rose-colored glasses on Bongo)
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Sequence 06.0: Lumpjaw Entrance

• Ward Kimball (Lumpjaw's entrance; Lumpjaw and Bongo; Lulubelle slaps Bongo, Bongo hurt; Lulubelle accidentally slaps Lumpjaw, Lumpjaw happy and embraces Lulubelle)
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Sequence 08.0: Fight & Finale

• Ward Kimball (Bongo pulls pinwheel and punching-bag routines on Lumpjaw, rides him down hill)
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Sequence 2

John Lounsbery (all Cricket combination scenes)
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2. Mickey and the Beanstalk
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Mickey and the Beanstalk
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Director: Hamilton Luske
Layout: Ken O'Connor
Animation: Ward Kimball, Les Clark, John Lounsbery, Fred Moore, Wolfgang Reitherman, John Sibley, Hal King
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Sequence 01.0: Opening — Happy Valley

• Les Clark (dancing calves and lambs)
Wolfgang Reitherman (cows and crows)
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Sequence 03.0: Starvation

• Ward Kimball (Mickey, Goof and Duck introduced at table, Mickey slices bread; Mickey with jar and knife and fork; Mickey eats bean and sees Duck sneaking away)
• Wolfgang Reitherman (Duck and Goof watch Mickey slice bread and bean; Duck goes berserk, Mickey and Goof calm him down, Duck spots axe and sneaks away)
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Sequence 3

• John Lounsbery (Cricket)
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Sequence 07.0: Beanero

• Les Clark (Mickey)
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Sequence 10.0: Dragon Fly

• Wolfgang Reitherman (Goof on top of Jello)
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Sequence 4

• John Lounsbery (Cricket on glass of lemonade and falling off)
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Sequence 14.0: Introduction of the Giant

• John Lounsbery (Willie's entrance and first part of song; Willie stammers and picks up silverware; knife slices cheese with Mickey and Goof inside; Willie takes chicken leg and onions, Duck runs out; Willie catches Mickey)
• Les Clark (knife slices cheese with Mickey and Goof inside; Willie grabs at Mickey)
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Sequence 17.5: Pink Bunny

• John Lounsbery (Willie holds Mickey in fist; Willie's dialogue scenes)
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Sequence 15.0: Lullaby

• John Lounsbery (Willie listens to harp's song and grows drowsy)
• Les Clark (Mickey uses needle to harpoon spool of thread)
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Sequence 16.0: Key Stealing

• Les Clark (Mickey drops over ledge; Mickey sneaks around Willie's neck, starts down chest)
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Sequence 18.0: Ending (Chase down Beanstalk)

• Wolfgang Reitherman (Mickey, Duck, Goof sneak along tabletop with harp; Mickey runs back and caught tying Willie's shoelaces; Mickey escapes and Mickey in chase sequence across moat and down beanstalk; Mickey, Duck and Goof saw base of beanstalk, Duck pulled into stalk; Mickey and Goof exit, flattened Duck exits; Mickey, Duck, and Goof huddle as Willie crashes)
• John Lounsbery (Willie wakes and sees Mickey)
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Sequence 5

• John Lounsbery (Willie; Cricket jumps off sofa, then exits window)
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