Mother Goose Melodies

Mother Goose Melodies
Directed by	Burt Gillett
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Allan Watson Walt Disney Marion Darlington
Music by	Bert Lewis Frank Churchill
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Released	April 17, 1931
Running time	8:10
Language	English
Preceded by	Birds of a Feather
Followed by	The China Plate

Mother Goose Melodies is a black-and-white Silly Symphony that was released on April 17, 1931. It was loosely remade in color as "Old King Cole" and then reworked again as "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood".

Synopsis

Various storybook characters come to life in song and dance, to the amusement of Old King Cole. There's Little Miss Muffet, Jack and Jill (who meet simple Simon on top of the hill), Humpty Dumpty, Jack Horner, Bo Peep, and more.

Characters

• Old King Cole (voiced by Allan Watson)
• Jack and Jill
• Simple Simon
• Humpty Dumpty
• Little Bo Peep
• Three Blind Mice
• Mother Goose
• Little Miss Muffett
• Little Jack Horner (voiced by Walt Disney)
• Little Boy Blue
• Baa Baa Black Sheep
• The Cat and the Fiddle
• The Little Dog
• The Cow Who Jumped Over the Moon

Releases

Home video

DVD

• Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies

Trivia

• Up until the trumpeting pigs, the animation in the short is exactly the same as the beginning of Parade of the Award Nominees, except this version is in black-and-white.

Gallery

Redone Title card

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1929 The Skeleton Dance • El Terrible Toreador • Springtime • Hell's Bells • The Merry Dwarfs 1930 Summer • Autumn • Cannibal Capers • Frolicking Fish • Arctic Antics • Midnight in a Toy Shop • Night • Monkey Melodies • Winter • Playful Pan 1931 Birds of a Feather • Mother Goose Melodies • The China Plate • The Busy Beavers • The Cat's Out • Egyptian Melodies • The Clock Store • The Spider and the Fly • The Fox Hunt (1931 short) • The Ugly Duckling (1931) 1932 The Bird Store • The Bears and Bees • Just Dogs • Flowers and Trees • King Neptune • Bugs in Love • Babes in the Woods • Santa's Workshop 1933 Birds in the Spring • Father Noah's Ark • Three Little Pigs • Old King Cole • Lullaby Land • The Pied Piper • The Night Before Christmas 1934 The China Shop • The Grasshopper and the Ants • Funny Little Bunnies • The Big Bad Wolf • The Wise Little Hen • The Flying Mouse • Peculiar Penguins • The Goddess of Spring 1935 The Tortoise and the Hare • The Golden Touch • The Robber Kitten • Water Babies • The Cookie Carnival • Who Killed Cock Robin? • Music Land • Three Orphan Kittens • Cock o' the Walk • Broken Toys 1936 Elmer Elephant • Three Little Wolves • Toby Tortoise Returns • Three Blind Mouseketeers • The Country Cousin • Mother Pluto • More Kittens 1937 Woodland Café • Little Hiawatha • The Old Mill 1938 The Moth and the Flame • Wynken, Blynken and Nod • Farmyard Symphony • Merbabies • Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 1939 The Practical Pig • The Ugly Duckling