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The Big Fun Carnival

The Youngster's Own Show
Jan 20, 1957 · 1h 30m
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Animation
Comedy
Fantasy

PLOT

The first of a series of 12 compilation features (number 1-12)made for theatres to use as a Saturday Matinee offering aimed strictly at children. Marian Stafford, folk-singer Jared Reed, and The Bunin Puppets appear before and after each cartoon short. All of the cartoon shorts were originally released by Paramount, and included "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1943)" - Betty Boop's "Crazy Town (1932)" - "The Silly Goose/Dumme Ganslein, Der (1945)" - "The Busy Little Bears (1939)" - "Toys Will Be Toys (1949)", and other Paramount cartoons, shorts and a couple of the audience-participation Screen Song singalong shorts. Strictly sold on a "Park-the-kids-and-go-shopping" or "Cheap Baby-Sitting" basis, and, since it was geared toward the kids, there was also a bath-room break intermission about halfway through the film. New footage and some of the cartoons in Technicolor, but a few of the cartoons were black-and-white.

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CAST

Marian Stafford
Mistress of Ceremonies
Jared Reed
Folk Singer Jared Reed
Mae Questel
Betty Boop
Directed by Hans Fischerkoesen

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$15
Revenue
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Production
APA : Artistes Producteurs Associés, Famous Studios, Fleischer Studios, Paramount Pictures
Country
US
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