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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.)
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	February 26, 1938;
Running time	7:00
Language	English

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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

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

The copyright date in the opening credits reads 1937.

Home media

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.

References

^ 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

What Price Porky at IMDb
What Price Porky at the Big Cartoon Database

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[1] ttps://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animator-breakdown-what-price-porky-1938/

[Beck-2] 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.

[3] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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-|director='''Supervision:'''<br>[[Bob Clampett|Robert Clampett]]
+|director=[[Bob Clampett|Robert Clampett]]
-|story=
+|story=Robert Clampett
+|animator=[[Chuck Jones]]<br>Bob Cannon<br>John Carey (unc.)<br>Jerry Hatchock (unc.)<br>[[Izzy Ellis]] (unc.)<br>[[Norman McCabe|Norm McCabe]] (unc.)<ref>https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animator-breakdown-what-price-porky-1938/</ref>
-|animator='''Character animation:'''<br>[[Chuck Jones]]<br>[[Bob Cannon]]
+|starring=
-|starring='''Featuring the voice talents of:'''<br>[[Mel Blanc]] as Porky Pig/Human-formed Porky (1968 redrawn three-strip color edition) and Daffy Duck <br> [[Clarence Nash]] as General Duck <br> [[Sara Berner]] as the chicks
-|music='''Musical direction:'''<br>[[Carl W. Stalling]]<br>'''Orchestrations by:'''<br>[[Milt Franklyn]] (uncredited)
+|music=[[Carl W. Stalling]]
 |producer=[[Leon Schlesinger]]
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 |distributor=[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
-|released=February 26, 1938
+|released={{Film date|1938|02|26}}
-|color_process=[[Black-and-white]]<br>[[Color]] (1968 redrawn three-strip color edition and 1995 3D computer color version)
+|color_process=[[Black-and-white]]<br>[[Color]] (1968 Korean redrawn three-strip color edition and 1995 3D computer color version)
 |runtime=7:00
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 '''''What Price Porky''''' is a 1938 [[Warner Bros.]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon directed by [[Bob Clampett]].<ref name=Beck>{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=68}}</ref> The cartoon was released on February 26, 1938, and stars [[Porky Pig]] and [[Daffy Duck]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/70/mode/2up |pages=70–72}}</ref>
+The film is a war comedy, depicting a war between chickens and ducks over food supplies.
 ==Plot==
-When Porky goes to feed his [[Poultry|hens]] and [[chicken]]s, a group of [[duck]]s steal the corn he sets out. After sending a document filled with insults from ''[[The Ducktators]]'' (Daffy Duck, aka "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 "General Quacks", as they use [[swan]]s 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.
+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|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==
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 ==Home media==
-''What Price Porky'' is available on the DVD release of ''[[The Dawn Patrol (1938 film)|The Dawn Patrol)]]'', the [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5|''Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5'', Disc 4]] and the [[Porky Pig 101|''Porky Pig 101'', Disc 2]].
+''What Price Porky'' is available on the DVD release of ''[[The Dawn Patrol (1938 film)|The Dawn Patrol]]'', the [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5|''Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5'', Disc 4]] and the [[Porky Pig 101|''Porky Pig 101'', Disc 2]].
 ==See also==
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 ==External links==
 * {{IMDb title|0030963}}
-* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5285-What_Price_Porky.html ''What Price Porky''] at the [[Big Cartoon Database]]
+* [https://archive.today/20130117223626/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5285-What_Price_Porky.html ''What Price Porky''] at the [[Big Cartoon Database]]
+{{Porky Pig in animation}}
+{{Daffy Duck in animation}}
 [[Category:1938 films]]
-[[Category:1938 animated films]]
+[[Category:1938 animated short films]]
-[[Category:1930s war films]]
+[[Category:1938 war films]]
+[[Category:1930s war comedy films]]
 [[Category:Looney Tunes shorts]]
-[[Category:American films]]
-[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Bob Clampett]]
 [[Category:1930s American animated films]]
-[[Category:Films featuring Daffy Duck]]
+[[Category:Daffy Duck films]]
-[[Category:Films featuring Porky Pig]]
+[[Category:Porky Pig films]]
 [[Category:American war films]]
+[[Category:Films with screenplays by Bob Clampett]]
+[[Category:Animated films about chickens]]
+[[Category:American animated black-and-white films]]