Cumulative rating:	(1 rating submitted)

Synopsis

Hashtag(s)

#1957AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedShortFilmSubmissions

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Nominated for the Academy Award (Oscar): Best Short Subject

The Truth About Mother Goose

Germany

Die Drei Kleinen Schweinchen und der Böse Wolf

France

Disney Parade 4

Italy

Paperino e Soci a Caccia di Guai

Japan

Disney Cartoon Festival 3

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore

Disney Cartoon Festival Volume 4

Mountaineering Mickey

United States

Disney Rarities

Running Time: 14:25

MPAA No.: 18510

Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Cinematographic Format: Spherical

Color Type: Technicolor

Negative Type: 35mm

Original Country: United States

Original Language: English

Print Type: 35mm

Sound Type: Mono: RCA Sound Recording

Reviews and Comments

From Katie :

I really admire this short. It's artistically beautiful, fun to watch and really interesting. It's connected with three cute singing jesters, but the main part is the history behind various mother goose songs. I especially liked the sections on "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" and "London Bridge."

From Angabella :

I loved this short! I have been searching everywhere to get a copy! I tell everyone I meet about it, and no one believes me!

From Allyson :

This is the best cartoon short ever! I loved it as a child and I never forgot the words to the songs in it! I still think of the images whenever I hear the old nursery rhymes. As a kid, I even had a blue dress that I called my "Mary Quite Contrary" dress, because it looked like the one in the movie. I love this cartoon!

From Baruch Weiss :

The truth about this cartoon is that it's very interesting as it takes viewer's behind the scenes of the classic mother goose rhymes.

From DaVon :

This is another Disney short that I saw late this year (October 2008) for the first time and has become another one of my favorites. I had two books about the nursery rhymes, one of which was a Mother Goose Disney read-along and neither of them mentioned any history behind the origins of those rhymes as extras. I never knew until last month from watching it and never thought or would've have thought of that, who would've or could've guessed? Anyway, this too was fascinating and I learned what I haven't been taught before. Recommended to anyone who is curious and would like to know more about the inspiration of the particular nursery rhymes featured here and how they originated.

From Billy Joe :

Thanks, Disney! Now I now what inspired these three nursery rhymes. The origin of "London Bridges Falling Down" is the most interesting. Disney could've did the history of more nursery rhymes, but his cartoon is still good.