Porky's Poultry Plant

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Porky is raising chickens, ducks, and geese. Many birds have fallen victim to the hawk, Porky's going to do everything he can to fight back. He takes to the air, but the buzzard calls in rei... Read allPorky is raising chickens, ducks, and geese. Many birds have fallen victim to the hawk, Porky's going to do everything he can to fight back. He takes to the air, but the buzzard calls in reinforcements; first they pull Porky's tail, then they bombard him with eggs, and finally th... Read allPorky is raising chickens, ducks, and geese. Many birds have fallen victim to the hawk, Porky's going to do everything he can to fight back. He takes to the air, but the buzzard calls in reinforcements; first they pull Porky's tail, then they bombard him with eggs, and finally they steal his machine gun. The birds toss the chick back and forth football style, but drop... Read all

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6.5/10

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Louise Currie

Chicks
(voice)
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Melvin J. Gibby

Chicks
(voice)
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Barbara Brewster

Chicken Noises
(uncredited)

Gloria Brewster

Chicken Noises
(uncredited)

Count Cutelli

Hawks
(uncredited)
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Joe Dougherty

Porky Pig
(voice)
(uncredited)

Dorothy Hill

Chicken Noises
(uncredited)

Dorothy Lloyd

Chicken Noises
(uncredited)

Tedd Pierce

Rooster Commentator
(uncredited)

Director
- Frank Tashlin
Writer
- Melvin Millar
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Trivia
Frank Tashlin's first film as director at Warner Bros. Also the first Warner Bros. cartoon for composer Carl W. Stalling.

Alternate versions
This cartoon was colorized in 1968 by having every other frame traced over onto a cel. Each redrawn cel was painted in color and then photographed over a colored reproduction of each original background. Needless to say, the animation quality dropped considerably from the original version with this method. The cartoon was colorized again in 1995, this time with a computer adding color to a new print of the original black and white cartoon. This preserved the quality of the original animation.

Connections
Edited into Chicken Jitters (1939)

Soundtracks
Reveille
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung by the rooster over the loudspeaker

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8/10

Excellent cartoon from Frank Tashlin

(From LT Golden Collection V4D2) Frank Tashlin's cartoons always have a great setup - think of Porky and Daffy trying to escape the hotel manager. This one is a bit more basic but still fun, with Porky the owner of a poultry farm and a bunch of hens. A run-in with a chicken hawk quickly turns into a pre-World-War-2 dogfight when Porky, still very chubby in 1936, takes to the skies in his equally paunchy airplane. Really solid short with some very cool action shots. The creative black & whites often are the best surprises because they're so often overlooked, and this one is no exception.

A 10 line minimum for a 7-minute short does seem a bit steep, doesn't it?