Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)
by Dick Rickard

Mother Goose Goes Hollywood

Medium: film

Publication date: 23 Dec. 1938

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Written by: Dick Rickard

20 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Chico Marx	Jewish	Marx Brothers		58
Groucho Marx	Jewish	Marx Brothers		159
Harpo Marx	Jewish	Marx Brothers [one of Marx Brothers]		80
Donald Duck	anthropomorphic animal	duck; Ultraheroes	, etc.	8,533
Humpty Dumpty	sentient inanimate	[egg from nursery rhyme; sat on a wall, had a great fall...]	Macmillan	40
W. C. Fields	atheist	[actor; comedian...]		71
Stan Laurel		[actor; comedian]		212
Oliver Hardy		[actor; comedian]		258
Steppin Fetchit	Nation of Islam (convert)	black		11
Little Boy Blue		[nursery rhyme: fell asleep, lost track of his sheep]	Mary Cooper	30
Little Bo Peep (Bo Peep)		[lost her sheep]		77
Old King Cole (King Cole)		[king]	Bernard Lintott	30
the butcher		three men in a tub	John Ebers and Co.; William Blackwood	6
the baker		three men in a tub	John Ebers and Co.; William Blackwood	6
the candlestick-maker		three men in a tub	John Ebers and Co.; William Blackwood	6
the pieman		[in nursery rhyme, met Simple Simon, going to the fair]	Celebrity Productions	5
Simple Simon (Simon)		[from nursery rhyme; met a pieman, going to fair]		20
The Fiddlers Three (details)  portrayed in this animated film by caricatures of the Marx Brothers: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx and Harpo Marx		[played for Old King Cole]	Bernard Lintott	2
Little Jack Horner		[ate a Christmas pie]		28
Mother Goose (mentioned)  Mother Goose is named in the title and various Mother Goose rhymes are portrayed by caricatures of popular Hollywood stars. Mother Goose herself does not appear.		[imagined author of fairy tales, nursery rhymes]		49

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