What Price Porky
| What Price Porky | |
|---|---|
 Title screen | |
| Directed by | Robert Clampett |
| Story by | Robert Clampett |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Chuck Jones Bob Cannon John Carey (unc.) Jerry Hatchock (unc.) Izzy Ellis (unc.) Norm McCabe (unc.)[1] |
| Color process | Black-and-white Color (1968 Korean redrawn three-strip color edition and 1995 3D computer color version) |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7:00 |
| Language | English |
What Price Porky is a 1938 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Bob Clampett.[2] The cartoon was released on February 26, 1938, and stars Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.[3]
The film is a war comedy, depicting a war between chickens and ducks over food supplies.
Plot
[edit]When Porky goes to feed his hens and chickens, a group of ducks steal the corn he sets out. After sending a document filled with insults from the ducks' "ducktator" (Daffy Duck, a.k.a. "General Quacko"), war erupts between the chickens and the ducks. Newborn chicks form battalions from the moment they hatch, with the chickens digging trenches. The ducks goose-step in the marsh, saluting their general, as they use swans and geese as battlecarriers and airplanes. Porky manages to turn the tide with a machine gun improvised from a wringer washer and a bag of corn.
Production notes
[edit]The copyright date in the opening credits reads 1937.
Home media
[edit]What Price Porky is available on the DVD release of The Dawn Patrol, the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5, Disc 4 and the Porky Pig 101, Disc 2.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animator-breakdown-what-price-porky-1938/
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 68. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links
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- 1938 films
- 1938 animated short films
- 1938 war films
- 1930s war comedy films
- Looney Tunes shorts
- Films directed by Bob Clampett
- 1930s American animated films
- Daffy Duck films
- Porky Pig films
- American war films
- Films with screenplays by Bob Clampett
- Animated films about chickens
- American animated black-and-white films
- Looney Tunes stubs