Woody Meets Davy Crewcut

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Woody Meets Davy Crewcut
Crewcut-title.jpg
Directed by Alex Lovy
Produced by Walter Lantz
Story by Homer Brightman
Michael Maltese (uncredited)
Starring Grace Stafford
Daws Butler
Music by Clarence Wheeler
Animation by Ray Abrams
Laverne Harding
Raymond Jacobs
Art Landy
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Universal International
Release date
December 17, 1956
Running time
6' 20"
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Woody Meets Davy Crewcut is the 74th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on December 17, 1956, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International. [1]

Contents

In this film, Woody Woodpecker faces the hunter Davy Crewcut, a parody version of Davy Crockett.

Plot

The narrator goes through Davy Crewcut's life showing him hunting a bear with his pants falling down every time he shoots his gun. Eventually, the bear is tired of Davy hunting him and suggests that he should hunt a woodpecker instead. Davy then goes after Woody. In the end, Woody is too much for Davy and he goes back to hunting the bear. Woody laughs up in his tree only to be knocked out by his own yo-yo.

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References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7.