Jack and the Beanstalk
Cast & Crew
C. M. Franklin
Francis Carpenter
Virginia Lee Corbin
Violet Radcliffe
Carmen Fay De Rue
J. G. Traver
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A prologue introduces two young children, Francis and Virginia, who listen to the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk." In the mythical village of Cornwall, young Jack sells his mother's cow for a sack of beans instead of for the money which they so badly need. Angered by his bad judgement, the mother throws the sack out the window. During the night, the beans, which are magic, begin to sprout until they turn into a magnificent vine that reaches up above the clouds. Because Jack's fairy godmother has told him that fortune awaits him at the top of the stalk, Jack climbs the vine in search of adventure. At the top, Jack encounters a land where the people are held prisoner by a huge giant. The fairy godmother then tells Jack that he must kill the giant in order to gain all of the country's wealth. After many tribulations, Jack causes the giant's death when he chops down the beanstalk, thus freeing the people and enabling Jack to marry Princess Regina, who was being held prisoner by the giant.
Cast
Francis Carpenter
Virginia Lee Corbin
Violet Radcliffe
Carmen Fay De Rue
J. G. Traver
Vera Lewis
Ralph Lewis
Eleanor Washington
Ione Glennon
Buddie Messenger
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Most of the actors and actresses in this film were children. According to the New York Times, this was intended as the first of a series of films based on fairy tales to be made by Fox. Several sources list Frank Good as the cameraman for this film, but only Wid's also lists Harry Gerstad. Among the many other film adaptations of the fairy tale are: the 1904 short directed by Edwin S. Porter; the 1931 animated short directed by Dave Fleischer; Disney's 1947 animated feature Fun and Fancy Free, which contained a segment based on "Jack and the Beanstalk;" and the 1952 Warner Bros. feature, starring Abbott and Costello and directed by Jean Yarbrough.
