The Truth About Mother Goose
1957 | 14m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Wolfgang Reitherman, Bill Justice |
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| Writer: | Bill Peet |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 28, 1957 |
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| Director: | Wolfgang Reitherman, Bill Justice |
| Writer: | Bill Peet |
| Genres: | Animation |
| Keywords | nursery rhyme, short film |
| Production Companies | Walt Disney Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| John Dehner | Narrator |
| Page Cavanaugh | Trio (voice) |
| Kevin Corcoran | Little Jack Horner (voice) (uncredited) |
| Ginny Tyler | Mary Mary Quite Contrary / Various (voice) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Wolfgang Reitherman | Director |
| Vance Gerry | Layout Supervisor |
| Bill Justice | Director |
| Bill Peet | Story |
| Dan MacManus | Animation |
| Collin Campbell | Background Designer |
| Eric Cleworth | Animation |
| Al Dempster | Background Designer |
| Eyvind Earle | Background Designer |
| Fred Hellmich | Animation |
| Bill Keil | Animation |
| Dick N. Lucas | Animation |
| Cliff Nordberg | Animation |
| Ed Parks | Animation |
| Al Stetter | Animation |
| Richard H. Thomas | Background Designer |
| Dick Ung | Layout Supervisor |
| Xavier Atencio | Layout Supervisor |
| Basil Davidovich | Layout Supervisor |
| George Bruns | Original Music Composer |
| Kay Wright | Animation |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walt Disney | Producer |
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