| Crowing Pains | |
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| Directed by | Robert McKimson | 
| Story by | Warren Foster [1] | 
| Produced by | Edward Selzer | 
| Starring |  Mel Blanc  Robert C. Bruce [2]  | 
| Music by | Carl Stalling | 
| Animation by |  Manny Gould  Charles McKimson John Carey I. Ellis Anatolle Kirsanoff Fred Abranz [3] A.C. Gamer [4]  | 
| Layouts by | Cornett Wood | 
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas | 
| Color process | Technicolor | 
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures | 
Release date  | 
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Running time  | 6:47 | 
| Language | English | 
Crowing Pains is a 1947 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. [5] The cartoon was released on July 12, 1947, and stars Henery Hawk, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg. [6] This is McKimson's first short to feature Sylvester.
Sylvester embarks on a clandestine mission to appropriate a bone from the doghouse, yet his endeavor is swiftly thwarted by the vigilant Barnyard Dawg. Following an altercation, Sylvester finds himself entangled in a series of misadventures involving Barnyard Dawg, Foghorn Leghorn, and Henery Hawk.
Subsequent to a failed attempt to liberate Barnyard Dawg's dish, Sylvester incurs the ire of his adversary and incites a pursuit. Amidst the chase, Foghorn intervenes, inadvertently exacerbating Sylvester's predicament. As tensions escalate, Sylvester retaliates against Foghorn, precipitating a cascade of confrontations. At one point, Henery Hawk, mistaking Foghorn for a chicken, ensnares him in a scheme to procure dinner. Employing subterfuge and misdirection, Foghorn implicates Sylvester as the intended prey, resulting in a succession of farcical incidents involving an egg and Sylvester's exaggerated response. His escalating frustration culminates in a confrontation with Henery Hawk, prompting a showdown to determine the true chicken. However, the resolution is fraught with further misdirection and irony, epitomized by Foghorn's utilization of ventriloquism to deceive Henery.