4/20/2014

The pied piper of Hamelin 1957 - An excellent musical fantasy for children



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IMDB rating: 6,0


Director: Bretaigne Windust
Main Cast: Van Johnson, Claude Rains, Lori Nelson, Jim Backus



"The Pied Piper of Hamelin was originally filmed as a television special, then released theatrically outside the United States. The story is the familiar one: the town of Hamelin, plagued by rats, hires a mysterious piper (Van Johnson) to rid the town of rodents. The piper does so, on the promise that he'll be paid a handsome fee. But the duplicitous burgomeister (Claude Rains), on the advice of his Laurel-and-Hardy council (Doodles Weaver and Stanley Adams), reneges on his promise. In revenge, the piper lures all of Hamelin's children off to parts unknown. In a departure from the original, there's a happy ending this time. Most of the dialogue is spoken in rhyme (quite amusingly by Rains), while the songs are adaptations of Edvard Grieg tunes." - www.allmovie.com



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https://archive.org/download/Pied_Piper/The_Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin.avi

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