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Walt Disney's Fun and Fancy Free

Walt Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free

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Walt Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free (1947) starring Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Edgar Bergen, Billy Gilbert, Cliff Edwards

Synopsis

Buy from Amazon Two different animated stories produced by the Disney studios in Fun and Fancy Free. ‘Bongo‘ is based on a children’s story by Sinclair Lewis, sung by Dinah Shore. It tells the tale of a lonely circus bear who finds love in the wilderness. ‘Mickey and the Beanstalk‘, featuring live-action sequences, casts Mickey Mouse (voice of Walt Disney), Donald Duck (Clarence Nash) and Goofy (Pinto Colvig) in a variant of the familiar tale. The trio climb a magic beanstalk in an attempt to rescue a singing harp.

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In Person (1935) starring Ginger Rogers, George Brent - from the novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams - with Alan Mowbray, Grant Mitchell, Samuel S. Hinds, directed by William A. Seiter, a Pandro S. Berman production

In Person [Ginger Rogers]

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In Person (1935) starring Ginger Rogers, George Brent

Synopsis

In Person is the story of Miss Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her fame, that she goes around in disguise. She later meets a rugged outdoors man who is unaffected by her star status. And pursued by her frequent co-star, who likes her. But doesn’t respect her acting ability.

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Song lyrics to Beautiful Dreamer (1864) by Stephen Foster

Beautiful Dreamer song lyrics

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Song lyrics to Beautiful Dreamer (1864) by Stephen Foster

Beautiful Dreamer is a song by American songwriter Stephen Foster. It was published posthumously in March of 1864. The song is set in 9 8 time with a broken chord accompaniment.

Beautiful Dreamer has been recorded by a great many artists, rangigng from Bing Crosby to The Beatles. It has been used in a wide variety of movies and TV shows, ranging from Mighty Joe Young (1949), In the Good Old Summertime, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), to Spongebob Squarepants.

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An American in Paris (1951), starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, directed by Vincente Minelli

An American in Paris [Gene Kelly]

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An American in Paris (1951), starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, directed by Vincente Minelli

Synopsis of An American in Paris

Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron sing and dance to the music of George and Ira Gershwin in An American in Paris. When ex-GI Jerry Mulligan (Kelly) remains in Paris to pursue life as an artist, he is discovered by a wealthy patroness interested in more than his art. But Mulligan falls in love with a French shop girl (Caron). And she is engaged to his friend.

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In the Good Old Summertime (1949) starring Van Johnson, Judy Garland, Cheeks Sakall, Buster Keaton

In the Good Old Summertime

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In the Good Old Summertime (1949) starring Van Johnson, Judy Garland, S. Z. “Cuddles” Sakall, Buster Keaton

Synopsis

In the Good Old Summertime is the story of two clerks in a turn of the 20th century Chicago sheet-music store. They’re intensely antagonistic toward each other at work. But unknown to them, they’re getting very chummy as pen pals. It’s a musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner.

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Rebirth of Mothra II

Rebirth of Mothra II

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Synopsis of Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) starring Megumi Kobayashi, Sayaka Yamaguchi

In Rebirth of Mothra II, two young kids inadvertently unleash a giant sea creature which is somehow strengthened from the abundance of modern-day pollution. Mothra’s keepers, the tiny twins Moll and Lora, quickly rouse the gentle giant in order to combat this latest threat to peace.

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The Quartermass Xperiment (1955) starring Brian Donlevy, Richard Wordsworth

The Quartermass Xperiment

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The Quartermass Xperiment (1955) starring Brian Donlevy, Richard Wordsworth

In The Quartermass Xperiment, the only surviving astronaut of Britain’s first manned rocket returns to Earth. But he’s changed, possibly infected, by … something. And it may doom all life on earth.

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Battling Butler (1926) starring Buster Keaton, Sally O'Neil, Francis McDonald

Battling Butler

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Battling Butler (1926) starring Buster Keaton, Sally O’Neil, Francis McDonald

Synopsis

Buster Keaton remarked that Battling Butler was his favorite of all his films. Based on a Broadway play, the story revolves around a case of mistaken identity between two Alfred Butlers. One is an effete millionaire (Keaton), the other the heavyweight champion of the world (Francis McDonald). Coincidence brings them to the same backwoods Kentucky neighborhood, where Keaton finds love with a mountain girl. But not before antagonizing Butler-the-brute into a Madison Square Garden grudge match.

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