The Big Fun Carnival (1957)
1h 30m
Running Time
January 20, 1957Release Date

The Big Fun Carnival (1957)
1h 30m
Running Time
January 20, 1957Release Date
Network & Production Companies


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 & Crew.

Marian Stafford
Mistress of Ceremonies

Jared Reed
Folk Singer Jared Reed

Mae Questel
Betty Boop

Marc Daniels
Director

Shamus Culhane
Director

Hans Fischerkoesen
Director

Dave Fleischer
Director

John A. Haeseler
Director

George Pal
Director / Producer

Louis M. Heyward
Writer / Producer

Max Fleischer
Producer

Martin Poll
Executive Producer

Thurston Knudson
Music

Winston Sharples
Music

Adolf Steimel
Music
