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Production shots and programs from the 1950’s (22 images):

CH 1956-03-10 Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp

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CH 1956-11-03 Snowwhite And The Seven Dwarfs

CH 1958-04-26 Tom Sawyer's Treasure Hunt

CH 1958-11-01 The Marvellous Story Of Puss In Boots

CH 1958-11-22 Cathy And The Watersprites

CH 1959-10-31 The Sleeping Beauty Of Loreland

Production shots and programs from the 1960’s (61 images):

CH 1960-11-05 The Princess And The Swine Herd

CH 1961-03-18 Snowwhite And The Seven Dwarfs

CH 1961-09-30 Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp

CH 1962-02-03 The Snowqueen And The Goblin

CH 1965-10-30 The Marvellous Story Of Puss In Boots

CH 1966-04-02 The Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings

CH 1967-12-09 The Sleeping Beauty Of Loreland

CH 1968-03-16 Center Ring Ballet And Harkee The Cat-001

CH 1968-03-16 Center Ring Ballet And Harkee The Cat-002

CH 1968-05-15 Center Ring Ballet And Harkee The Cat

CH 1969-03-15 The Thwarting Of Baron Bolligrew-001

CH 1969-03-15 The Thwarting Of Baron Bolligrew-002

CH 1969-03-15 The Thwarting Of Baron Bolligrew-003

CH 1969-03-15 The Thwarting Of Baron Bolligrew-004

CH 1969-05-03 The Inside Out Adventure-001

CH 1969-05-03 The Inside Out Adventure-002

CH 1969-05-03 The Inside Out Adventure-003

CH 1969-05-03 The Inside Out Adventure-004

CH 1971-03-06 Benji And The Magic Pawnshop-001

CH 1971-03-06 Benji And The Magic Pawnshop-002

CH 1971-03-06 Benji And The Magic Pawnshop-003

CH 1971-03-06 Benji And The Magic Pawnshop-004

CH 1971-04-03 Benji And The Magic Pawnshop

CH 1971-04-03 The Wrong Mother Goose-001

CH 1971-04-03 The Wrong Mother Goose-002

CH 1971-04-03 The Wrong Mother Goose-003

CH 1971-04-03 The Wrong Mother Goose-004

Production Shots and programs from the 1970’s (164 images)

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p10

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p11

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p12

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p13

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p14

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p15

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p16

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p17

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p18

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p19

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p20

CH 1974-05-09 The Red Mill – Program p21

CH 1972-01-08 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs-001

CH 1972-01-08 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs-002

CH 1972-01-08 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs-003

CH 1972-01-08 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs-004

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves 1/8/1972

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p1

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p2

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p3

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p4

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p5

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p6

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p7

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p8

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p9

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p10

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p11

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p12

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p13

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p14

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p15

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p16

CH 1972-05-04 The Student Prince – Program p17

CH 1973-03-10 A Sop's Fables And How The Toes Goes

CH 1973-03-10 A.Sop's Fables And How The Toes Goes-001

CH 1973-03-10 A.Sop's Fables And How The Toes Goes-002

CH 1973-03-10 A.Sop's Fables And How The Toes Goes-003

CH 1973-03-10 A.Sop's Fables And How The Toes Goes-004

CH 1973-04-07 A Horse Of A Diff'rent Color-001

CH 1973-04-07 A Horse Of A Diff'rent Color-002

CH 1973-04-07 A Horse Of A Diff'rent Color-003

CH 1973-04-07 A Horse Of A Diff'rent Color-004

CH 1974-07-26 The Owl And The Pussycat – Program p1

CH 1974-07-26 The Owl And The Pussycat – Program p2

CH 1974-07-26 The Owl And The Pussycat – Program p3

CH 1977-04-09 The Golden Grotto, or Bracko, The Prince Frog 1

CH 1977-04-09 The Golden Grotto, or Bracko, The Prince Frog 2

CH 1977-04-09 The Golden Grotto, or Bracko, The Prince Frog

CH 1977-04-09 The Golden Grotto, or Bracko, The Prince Frog 3

CH 1979-09-15 You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown – Program p1

CH 1979-09-15 You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown - Program p2

CH 1979-09-15 You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown - Program p3

CH 1979-09-15 You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown - Program p4

CH 1979-12-08 Golliwhoppers – Program p1

CH 1979-12-08 Golliwhoppers - Program p2

CH 1979-12-08 Golliwhoppers - Program p3

CH 1979-12-08 Golliwhoppers - Program p4

CH 1980-05-03 Wiley And The Hairy Man – Program p1

CH 1980-05-03 Wiley And The Hairy Man - Program p2

CH 1980-05-03 Wiley And The Hairy Man - Program p3

CH 1980-05-03 Wiley And The Hairy Man - Program p4

Production Shots and programs from the 1980’s (205 images)

CH 1981-01-31 Lester And His Magic Book 1

CH 1981-01-31 Lester And His Magic Book 2

CH 1981-01-31 Lester And His Magic Book 3

CH 1981-03-28 The Round-Eyed Rumpelstiltskin 1

CH 1981-03-28 The Round-Eyed Rumpelstiltskin 2

CH 1981-03-28 The Round-Eyed Rumpelstiltskin 3

CH 1981-03-28 The Round-Eyed Rumpelstiltskin

CH 1981-10-17 Willa The Dropout Witch-001

CH 1981-10-17 Willa The Dropout Witch-002

CH 1981-10-17 Willa The Dropout Witch-003

CH 1981-10-17 Willa The Dropout Witch-004

CH 1981-10-17 Willa The Dropout Witch-005

CH 1981-10-17 Willa The Dropout Witch-006

CH 1981-10-17 Willa The Dropout Witch-007

CH 1981-10-17 Willa The Dropout Witch-008

CH 1981-11-07 The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe – Program p1

CH 1981-11-07 The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe - Program p2

CH 1981-11-07 The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe - Program p3

CH 1981-11-07 The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe - Program p4

CH 1981-11-07 The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe - Program p5

CH 1981-11-07 The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe - Program p6

CH 1981-11-07 The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe - Program p7

CH 1981-11-07 The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe - Program p8

CH 1981-11-07 The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe

CH 1982-03-27 It Happened In Hamelin-001

CH 1982-03-27 It Happened In Hamelin-002

CH 1982-03-27 It Happened In Hamelin-003

CH 1982-03-27 It Happened In Hamelin-004

CH 1982-03-27 It Happened In Hamelin-005

CH 1982-03-27 It Happened In Hamelin-006

CH 1982-03-27 It Happened In Hamelin-007

CH 1982-03-27 It Happened In Hamelin-008

CH 1983-01-22 The Incredible Jungle Journey Of Fenda Maria – Program p1

CH 1983-01-22 The Incredible Jungle Journey Of Fenda Maria - Program p2

CH 1983-01-22 The Incredible Jungle Journey Of Fenda Maria - Program p3

CH 1983-01-22 The Incredible Jungle Journey Of Fenda Maria - Program p4

CH 1983-01-22 The Incredible Jungle Journey Of Fenda Maria

CH 1983-10-02 Alice In Wonderland – Program p1

CH 1983-10-02 Alice In Wonderland - Program p2

CH 1983-10-02 Alice In Wonderland - Program p3

CH 1983-10-02 Alice In Wonderland - Program p4

CH 1983-10-02 Oz Land Of Magic - Program Back Cover

CH 1984-01-28 The Inside Out Adventure-001

CH 1984-01-28 The Inside Out Adventure-002

CH 1984-01-28 The Inside Out Adventure-003

CH 1984-01-28 The Inside Out Adventure-004

CH 1985-01-26 Tales Of The Arabian Nights-001

CH 1985-01-26 Tales Of The Arabian Nights-002

CH 1985-01-26 Tales Of The Arabian Nights-003

CH 1985-01-26 Tales Of The Arabian Nights-004

CH 1985-01-26 Tales Of The Arabian Nights

CH 1985-04-20 The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer-001

CH 1985-04-20 The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer-002

CH 1985-04-20 The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer-003

CH 1985-04-20 The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer-004

List of Bonfils Children’s Productions

Season	Opening_Date	Title	Director
54-55	Sat, Oct 02, 1954	Toad Of Toad Hall	Joanne Healy
54-55	Sat, Nov 13, 1954	The Bluebird	Margaret Perry
54-55	Sat, Jan 15, 1955	The Thirteen Clocks	Anne Matlack
54-55	Sat, Mar 26, 1955	The Tinker’s Trick	William Utter
55-56	Sat, Oct 22, 1955	Rumpelstiltskin	Arthur Steinits
55-56	Sat, Feb 11, 1956	Jack And The Beanstalk	Helen Barrack
55-56	Sat, Apr 07, 1956	Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp	Helen Barrack
55-56		The Magic Slipper	Helen Chancellor
56-57	Sat, Nov 03, 1956	Snowwhite And The Seven Dwarfs	Jim Edson
56-57	Sat, Dec 15, 1956	Hansel And Gretel	Jim Edson
56-57	Sat, Feb 09, 1957	The Pied Piper Of Hamlin	Jim Edson
56-57	Sat, Mar 16, 1957	The Red Shoes	Jim Edson
57-58	Fri, Nov 01, 1957	Beauty And The Beast	Alexander Ivo
57-58	Fri, Jan 03, 1958	The Steadfast Tin Soldier	Jim Edson
57-58	Sat, Mar 15, 1958	The Clown Who Ran Away	Tom Neet
57-58	Sat, Apr 26, 1958	Tom Sawyer’s Treasure Hunt	Tom Neet
58-59	Sat, Nov 01, 1958	The Marvellous Story Of Puss In Boots	Tom Neet
58-59	Sat, Nov 22, 1958	Cathy And The Watersprites
58-59	Sat, Nov 22, 1958	The King’s Creampuffs	Tom Neet
58-59	Sat, Feb 14, 1959	The Musicians Of Bremen	Tom Neet
58-59	Sat, Mar 21, 1959	Mr. Dooley Jr.	Tom Neet
59-60	Sat, Oct 31, 1959	The Sleeping Beauty Of Loreland	Thomas Mossman
59-60	Sat, Nov 21, 1959	Circus In The Wind	Thomas Mossman
59-60	Sat, Jan 30, 1960	Rumpelstiltskin	Thomas Mossman
59-60	Sat, Mar 12, 1960	The Elves And The Shoemaker	Thomas Mossman
59-60	Sat, Mar 12, 1960	The Hood Of Forgetfulness
60-61	Sat, Nov 05, 1960	The Princess And The Swine Herd	Judith Kase Davenport
60-61	Mon, Nov 28, 1960	The Three Bears	Judith Kase Davenport
60-61	Sat, Feb 04, 1961	The Cat Princess	Judith Kase Davenport
60-61	Sat, Mar 18, 1961	Snowwhite And The Seven Dwarfs	Judith Kase Davenport
61-62	Sat, Sep 30, 1961	Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp	Jack Fisher
61-62	Sat, Nov 04, 1961	Jack Frost	Alexander Ivo
61-62	Sat, Nov 04, 1961	The Hood Of Forgetfulness	Larry Boyette
61-62	Thu, Dec 28, 1961	The Clown Out West	Ross Hancock
61-62	Sat, Feb 03, 1962	The Snowqueen And The Goblin	Ross Hancock
62-63	Sat, Nov 03, 1962	The Mystery Rocket	Ross Hancock
62-63	Sat, Jan 05, 1963	Robin Hood	Ross Hancock
62-63	Sat, Feb 09, 1963	Hansel And Gretel	Bob Davis
62-63	Sat, Mar 16, 1963	Toby Tyler	Bob Davis
63-64	Sat, Nov 02, 1963	My Sister The Dragon	Bob Bannister
63-64	Sat, Dec 14, 1963	The Red Shoes	Bob Bannister
63-64	Sat, Jan 25, 1964	Circus In The Wind	Bob Bannister
63-64	Sat, Mar 14, 1964	The Inside Out Adventure	Bob Bannister
64-65	Sat, Oct 31, 1964	King Arthur’s Sword	Bob Bannister
64-65	Fri, Jan 08, 1965	Winnie The Pooh	Bob Bannister
64-65	Sat, Feb 13, 1965	The Emperor’s New Clothes	Bob Bannister
64-65	Sat, Mar 20, 1965	The Clown Who Ran Away	Bob Bannister
65-66	Sat, Oct 30, 1965	The Marvellous Story Of Puss In Boots	Bob Bannister
65-66	Thu, Nov 11, 1965	Jack And The Bean Stalk	Bob Bannister
65-66	Sat, Mar 19, 1966	The Canterville Ghost	Bob Bannister
65-66	Sat, Apr 02, 1966	The Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings	Bob Bannister
66-67	Sat, Nov 05, 1966	Beauty And The Beast	Bob Bannister
66-67	Sat, Dec 10, 1966	The Three Bears	Bob Bannister
66-67	Sat, Feb 04, 1967	Five In A Forest	Bob Bannister
66-67	Sat, Mar 18, 1967	The Wrong Mother Goose	Bob Bannister
67-68	Sat, Oct 07, 1967	The Mystery Rocket	Dick Chauncey
67-68	Sat, Nov 18, 1967	The Sleeping Beauty Of Loreland	Dick Chauncey
67-68	Sat, Jan 20, 1968	The Cat Princess	Dick Chauncey
67-68	Wed, May 15, 1968	Center Ring Ballet And Harkee The Cat	Freidann Parker/dick Chauncey
68-69	Sat, Sep 14, 1968	Maggie’s Magic Teapot	Dick Chauncey
68-69	Sat, Nov 09, 1968	Circus In The Wind	Dick Chauncey
68-69	Sat, Mar 01, 1969	The Inside Out Adventure	Dick Chauncey
68-69	Sat, Mar 15, 1969	The Thwarting Of Baron Bolligrew	Dick Chauncey
69-70	Sat, Nov 22, 1969	Winnie The Pooh	Bev Newcomb
69-70	Sat, Jan 31, 1970	Alice In Wonderland	Dick Chauncey
69-70	Sun, Mar 01, 1970	Pippi Longstocking	Bev Newcomb
69-70	Sat, Apr 25, 1970	The Red Shoes	Dick Chauncey
70-71	Sat, Sep 19, 1970	The Wizard Of Oz	Bev Newcomb
70-71	Sat, Oct 24, 1970	Pinocchio	Dick Chauncey
70-71	Sat, Feb 06, 1971	The Wrong Mother Goose	Bob Bannister
70-71	Sat, Apr 03, 1971	Benji And The Magic Pawnshop	Bev Newcomb
71-72	Fri, Nov 26, 1971	Peter Pan	Bev Newcomb
71-72	Sat, Jan 08, 1972	Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs	Dick Chauncey
71-72	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	The Invisible People	Bev Newcomb
71-72	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	King Arthur’s Sword	Dick Chauncey
71-72	Thu, May 04, 1972	The Student Prince	Bob Bannister
72-73	Sat, Nov 04, 1972	Tom Sawyer	Bev Newcomb
72-73	Sat, Jan 06, 1973	Pippi Longstocking	Bev Newcomb
72-73	Sat, Feb 03, 1973	Five In A Forest	Gary Montgomery
72-73	Sat, Mar 10, 1973	A.Sop’s Fables And How The Toes Goes	Freidann Parker/ Bev Newcomb
72-73	Sat, Apr 07, 1973	A Horse Of A Diff’rent Color	Bev Newcomb
73-74	Sat, Oct 27, 1973	Winnie The Pooh	Bev Newcomb
73-74	Sat, Jan 12, 1974	Tarradiddle Tales	Bev Newcomb & M’el Reum
73-74	Sat, Feb 09, 1974	Rip Van Winkle	Bev Newcomb
73-74	Sat, Mar 09, 1974	Jack In The Beanstalk	Bev Newcomb
73-74	Thu, May 09, 1974	The Red Mill	Bob Bannister
74-75	Fri, Jul 26, 1974	The Owl And The Pussycat	Bob Bannister
74-75	Sat, Oct 19, 1974	Golliwhoppers!	Bev Newcomb
74-75	Sat, Nov 23, 1974	The Three Bears	Bev Newcomb
74-75	Sat, Feb 01, 1975	The Wizard Of Oz	Tom Hughes
74-75	Sat, Mar 01, 1975	The Thirteen Clocks	Tom Hughes
75-76	Sat, Nov 01, 1975	Beauty And The Beast	Tom Hughes
75-76	Sat, Jan 17, 1976	Dandie Doodles	Bev Newcomb
75-76	Sat, Jan 17, 1976	Puppet Melodrama	Mel Reum
75-76	Sat, Mar 06, 1976	The Cat Princess	Tom Hughes
75-76	Sat, Apr 03, 1976	What’s Afoot?	Freidann Parker
75-76	Sat, Apr 10, 1976	Rapunzel And The Dragon	Bev Newcomb
76-77	Tue, Jun 01, 1976	Theatre Classes Start
76-77	Sat, Oct 30, 1976	Pinocchio	Bonnie Eckard
76-77	Sat, Jan 22, 1977	The Red Shoes	Michael Holden
76-77	Sat, Feb 26, 1977	Rita	Harriet Lawyer Duvallo/ Bonnie Eckard
76-77	Sat, Feb 26, 1977	Skupper-Duppers	Bonnie Eckart
76-77	Sat, Apr 09, 1977	The Golden Grotto, or Bracko, The Prince Frog	Michael Holden
77-78	Sat, Nov 12, 1977	Heidi	Bev Newcomb
77-78	Sat, Jan 28, 1978	The Ice Wolf	Bonnie Eckard
77-78	Sat, Feb 18, 1978	Aladdin Mcfaddin	Alan Deans
77-78	Sat, Apr 08, 1978	Niccolo And Nicolette	Bonnie Eckard
78-79	Sat, Oct 07, 1978	Hans Christian Andersen	Bev Newcomb
78-79	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Noah And The Great Auk	Alan Deans
78-79	Sat, Mar 03, 1979	Pippi Longstocking	Bev Newcomb
78-79	Sat, Apr 14, 1979	The Mystery Rocket	Alan Deans
79-80	Sat, Sep 15, 1979	You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown	Austin O’Toole
79-80	Sat, Oct 27, 1979	The Overcoat	Bonnie Eckard
79-80	Sat, Dec 08, 1979	Golliwhoppers!	Bev Newcomb
79-80	Sat, May 03, 1980	Wiley And The Hairy Man	Buddy Butler
80-81	Sat, Oct 18, 1980	The Dragon	Maria Carrera
80-81	Sat, Dec 06, 1980	Cinderella And Friends	Bev Newcomb
80-81	Sat, Jan 31, 1981	Lester And His Magic Book	Austin O’Toole
80-81	Sat, Mar 28, 1981	The Round-Eyed Rumpelstiltskin	Bob Wells
81-82	Sat, Sep 19, 1981	Willa, The Dropout Witch	Bev Newcomb
81-82	Sat, Nov 07, 1981	The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe	Buddy Butler
81-82	Sat, Feb 06, 1982	Beauty And The Beast	Earl Sennett
81-82	Sat, Mar 27, 1982	It Happened In Hamelin	Bob Wells
82-83	Sat, Nov 20, 1982	Nobody Loves A Dragon	Buddy Butler
82-83	Sat, Jan 22, 1983	The Incredible Jungle Journey Of Fenda Maria	Buddy Butler
82-83	Sat, Mar 12, 1983	The Red Shoes	Bev Newcomb
82-83	Sun, Oct 02, 1983	Alice In Wonderland	Bob Wells
83-84	Sun, Oct 02, 1983	Oz: Land Of Magic	Buddy Butler
83-84	Sat, Jan 28, 1984	Peter And The Wolf	Khadija Haynes
83-84	Sat, Jan 28, 1984	The Inside Out Adventure	Khadija Haynes
83-84	Sat, Mar 03, 1984	The Lost Half-Hour	Bob Wells
83-84	Sat, Apr 14, 1984	The Magic Pebble Gang	Bev Newcomb
84-85	Sat, Oct 20, 1984	Pinocchio	Bev Newcomb
84-85	Sat, Jan 26, 1985	Tales Of The Arabian Nights	Buddy Butler
84-85	Sat, Feb 23, 1985	Pippi Longstocking	Bev Newcomb
84-85	Sat, Apr 20, 1985	The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer	Bev Newcomb
85-86	Sat, Oct 05, 1985	Heidi	Bev Newcomb
85-86	Thu, Dec 05, 1985	A Christmas Carol	Bob Wells
85-86	Sat, Jan 18, 1986	Puss ‘n Boots	Buddy Butler
85-86	Sat, Mar 01, 1986	The Invisible People	Bev Newcomb
85-86	Sat, May 03, 1986	Treasure Island	Bob Wells

Production shots and programs from the 1950’s (22 images):

Production shots and programs from the 1960’s (61 images):

Production Shots and programs from the 1970’s (164 images)

Production Shots and programs from the 1980’s (205 images)

List of Bonfils Children’s Productions

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