The Truth About Mother Goose
1957 · 14 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 461 VOTES · DIR. Bill Justice, Wolfgang Reitherman
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 184 lines
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00:00:21 # What's the truth about Mother Goose?
00:00:40 # We'll find within these pages
00:01:03 # Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner
00:01:36 In those days, it was a custom that when bringing presents to the king
00:02:30 When King Henry sent for the city official
00:03:03 # Sat in a corner
00:03:32 # With silver bells and cockle shells
00:03:59 who believed in preserving the stern dignity of the court.
00:04:31 Four years after her arrival in Scotland
00:04:57 when the infuriated Darnley interfered.
00:05:35 so captivated the jailer's son
00:06:02 But Elizabeth became jealous of Mary's great popularity.
00:06:27 And she was accused and condemned as a traitor to the government.
00:07:05 # London Bridge is falling down
00:07:56 it was sanctified by the addition of a two-story chapel
00:08:36 coming and going over the bridge.
00:09:31 and spectators crowded every available space
00:10:53 and a bow sprit would come crashing through a window.
00:11:51 which reduced the world's largest city
00:12:35 The intense heat of the fires had dangerously weakened its arches
00:13:14 # Falling down, falling down
00:13:49 in the famous old nursery song.
00:14:09 # My fair lady