Curtain Razor

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Curtain Razor
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Directed by I. Freleng
Story by Tedd Pierce
Produced by Edward Selzer
Starring Mel Blanc
Dorothy Lloyd
Dave Barry
Cliff Nazarro
Music by Carl Stalling
Animation by Manuel Perez
Ken Champin
Virgil Ross
Pete Burness
Layouts by Hawley Pratt
Backgrounds by Paul Julian
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • May 21, 1949 (1949-05-21)
Running time
7:16
LanguageEnglish

Curtain Razor is a 1949 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short directed by Friz Freleng. [1] The short was released on May 21, 1949, and stars Porky Pig. [2]

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Plot

Outside the office of Goode and Korny: Talent Agents, aspiring performers await their auditions. Porky, the agency's producer, presides over the auditions, where various performers showcase their talents, including:

Concluding the auditions, the fox's explosive act, involving the ingestion of hazardous materials, earns Porky's approval, only for the Fox's ghostly return to reveal a fatal flaw in the performance.

Home media

Curtain Razor is available restored on the Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham DVD release and the Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray release of Cats Don't Dance .

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References

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