It was directed by Paul Bogart and broadcast as a live television special on NBC on April 27, 1958.
It is one of a long series of fantasies presented on television as musical specials after the enormously successful first two telecasts of the Mary Martin Peter Pan.
Moe is portrayed by Sondra Lee, who played Tiger Lily in Peter Pan.
Rather incongruously, thirty-nine-year-old comedian Red Buttons appears as Hansel, and then-new Broadway star Barbara Cook is Gretel.
Other cast members include Hans Conried, Stubby Kaye, and Risë Stevens.