Pudgy the Watchman

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Pudgy and the Watchman
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Animation Director:
Thomas Johnson (uncr.)
Produced by Max Fleischer
Starring Kate Wright
Animation byThomas Johnson
Harold Walker
Tony DiPaola (uncr.)
Frank Endres (uncr.)
Otto Feuer (uncr.) [1]
Color process Black-and-white
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
August 12, 1938
Running time
7 mins
LanguageEnglish

Pudgy the Watchman is a 1938 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop and Pudgy the Pup. [2]

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Synopsis

Betty Boop hires a feline professional "Mouse Eradicator" Mr. Al E. Katz to solve her rodent woes because Pudgy isn't doing his job. But after initial successes, Mr. Al E. Katz gets drunk on the job. Betty is relieved to have Pudgy throw Katz out the window.

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References

  1. «Max Fleischer’s Pudgy the Watchman (1938)» at cartoonresearch.com
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.