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The Truth About Mother Goose is an animated film released in 1957 by Walt Disney Productions. and directed by Bill Justice and Wolfgang Reitherman. In it, a trio of jazz-singing jesters sing three Mother Goose nursery rhymes, while an off screen narrator explains their origins in three animated vignettes. The rhymes include:"Little Jack Horner": Thomas Horner, allegedly stealing a title deed in transit to Henry VIII of England.
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary": The life of Mary Stuart. The segment claims that the "silver bells" are said to "refer to the elaborate decoration on her dresses", the "cockle shells" to her love of exotic food such as cockles, with the "pretty maids all in a row" referring to her ladies-in-waiting.
"London Bridge Is Falling Down": The gradual deterioration and dilapidation of the medieval Old London Bridge.
Original Release
08/28/1957
US Release
08/28/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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Page Cavanaugh Trio | (voice) |
Kevin Corcoran | Little Jack Horner |
John Dehner | Narrator |
Ginny Tyler | Mary Mary Quite Contrary / Various |
Directors
Bill Justice, Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Page Cavanaugh Trio | (voice) |
Kevin Corcoran | Little Jack Horner |
John Dehner | Narrator |
Ginny Tyler | Mary Mary Quite Contrary / Various |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Walt Disney | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1958 | Oscar | Best Short Subject, Cartoons | Nominated |