The Truth About Mother Goose (1957)
We learn the true stories behind various nursery rhymes. Little Jack Horner: a servant to a city official was delivering a present to King Henry VIII, baked, as was the custom of the time, in a pie. The present was the deed to a valuable estate, which Horner stole. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: Mary Stuart brought "quite contrary" French style to the Scottish court. After a series of disastrous romances, she was jailed; the jailer's son, captivated by her, helped her escape. After a brief but disastrous attempted coup, she fled to England, where her sister, Queen Elizabeth, soon grew jealous and had her imprisoned. London Bridge: The bridge, finished in 1209, was soon lined by shops with luxury apartments upstairs, turning into a popular commercial and cultural zone. The Great Fire that broke out in 1666 spread to the bridge, but the houses were rebuilt. Over the ages, things decayed. In 1823, things finally got bad enough that the bridge was demolished and replaced.
Directors: Bill Justice, Wolfgang Reitherman.
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John Dehner as Narrator |
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Page Cavanaugh as Trio (voice) |
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Kevin Corcoran as Little Jack Horner (voice) (uncredited) |
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Ginny Tyler as Mary Mary Quite Contrary / Various (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Bill Justice | Director |
| Directing | Wolfgang Reitherman | Director |
| Writing | Bill Peet | Story |
| Production | Walt Disney | Producer |
| Sound | George Bruns | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Dan MacManus | Animation |
| Art | Collin Campbell | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Eric Cleworth | Animation |
| Art | Al Dempster | Background Designer |
| Art | Eyvind Earle | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Fred Hellmich | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Bill Keil | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Dick N. Lucas | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Cliff Nordberg | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ed Parks | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Al Stetter | Animation |
| Art | Richard H. Thomas | Background Designer |
| Visual Effects | Dick Ung | Layout Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Xavier Atencio | Layout Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Vance Gerry | Layout Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Basil Davidovich | Layout Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Kay Wright | Animation |
