Irving), the pirate who lives in a snow globe but falls in love with Babette. She is welcomed to the playroom by Raggedy Ann (Didi Conn) and Andy (Mark Baker), as well as the other toys, such as the wind-up toy, Grandpa (Mason Adams), a sock puppet named Socko (Sheldon Harnick), the twin dolls, the Pennies (Margery Gray and Lynne Stuart) and the self-explanatory Susie Pincushion (Hetty Galen).Īlso, in the room, Captain Contagious (George S. A new toy has arrived, a beautiful doll from France named Babette (the voice of Niki Flacks). Raggedy Ann & Andy opens in live-action, and we meet the young girl Marcella (played by the director’s daughter Claire Williams), whose playroom includes dolls and toys that come to life when Marcella leaves the room (shades of Toy Story, which would come along twenty-three years later). It’s full of movement that, at times is boggling, lush backgrounds that seem to envelop every scene, and fascinating character design and sequences that blur the line between disturbing and stunning. Based on the iconic dolls that were first introduced in 1915 (Raggedy Andy was introduced five years later in 1920), this feature is animated in every sense of the word. That’s 1977’s animated feature, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure.ĭirected by the legendary Richard Williams, who always pushed animation’s envelope, and this film is absolute proof of that. Bizarre, strange…and fascinating to watch.
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