One Wish Too ManyReel Two

Duration: 1200 ft.

Year Published: 1956

Creator: Children’s Film Foundation Ltd.

Complete Record: The boy and his mother sit in their newly decorated apartment and worry about what they will do about the rent. He wishes the apartment back to the way it was and it works. His mother is amazed at the magic. The girl’s mother sows up with the doll that they wished for and demands that the stolen merchandise be taken back to the market. LS of milkman delivering milk to different doors along the street. LS of children at school. His teacher takes the marble away from the boy. LS of boys swimming in a public swimming pool as the boy is forced to stay after school to work on math problems. The boy goes through several adventures using his magic marble at school. In some cases, the wishes are causing more problems that solving them. He stops time for a brief moment as he and a friend walk around the school looking at frozen people and setting up disasters (i.e. tripping teachers and such). Eventually the boys get out of school and the boy continues to wish for different things like getting the girl to play with him again. He wishes that his toy steamroller would grow big enough for he and his friends to ride in and it works. They all hop in and start the ride until they discover that it can’t stop. They race through the streets uncontrollably. The boys father returns home and everyone attempts to stop the steamroller. The steamroller ends up in the river but all aboard are safe and sound because they jumped off in time. They all live happily ever after...