Porky's Poultry Plant

Porky's Poultry Plant is a 1936 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin and composed by Carl Stalling (their first short as director and composer, respectfully for Warner Brothers).[1] The short was released on August 22, 1936, and stars Porky Pig.[2] It is most noted for its dramatic camera angles and filmic techniques typically seen in live-action films, something Tashlin specialised in.

Porky's Poultry Plant
Directed byFrank Tash
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringJoe Dougherty
Tedd Pierce
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byDon Williams
Volney White
Color processBlack and White
Distributed byWarner Brothers Pictures
Release date
August 22, 1936 (USA)
Running time
7:52
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Porky Pig is running his own poultry plant consisting of chickens, chicks, ducks and geese. Porky does his daily morning corn feeding. Later Porky sadly looks at photos of some of his chickens all taken away by a chicken-hawk and he shakes his fists at the poster of said chicken-hawk, vowing to get it once and for all.

Soon that very chicken-hawk approaches the poultry plant. Porky raises the alarm and all birds manage to hide except one little chick. The mother hen Henrietta notices that one of her chicks is missing and the chicken-hawk has taken him away. Porky drives his airplane out of the barn and pursues the chicken-hawk. After Porky blows off some tail feathers, the chicken-hawk calls for reinforcements from other chicken-hawks. The whole squadron almost has Porky crash landing but Porky retaliates and the rescue for the chicken becomes a football game. Porky rescues the chick and expels smoke on the chicken-hawk squadron. As the squadron falls, the hens dig a hole and bury the squadron after they land in.

As Porky lands his plane, there seems to be another chicken-hawk circling around, but it's only Porky's weather vane.

Availability

This short is on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 DVD box set on Tuesday, November 14, 2006.

This short is on the Porky Pig 101 DVD box set on Tuesday, September 19, 2017.

References
  1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 48. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.


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