Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas (1938)

Directed by

Tex Avery

Genre

animation, comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

8 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Elmer Fudd goes to a pioneer settlement where he meets a Native American woman named Poker-Huntas. They get into various comedic conflicts and mishaps as he tries to win her affection.

playfulzanyfast-pacedslapstickwhimsicalchaoticwacky

What happens

Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas is a 1938 American animated comedy short film directed by Fred Avery. The short was released on October 22, 1938. It is part of the Merrie Melodies series and the fifth cartoon to feature Elmer Fudd. It was re-released as a "Blue Ribbon" reissue in 1943, rendering the original film lost; Avery kept a nitrate fragment of the original titles, which was sold by his family in 2004 to a private collector, but still available publicly at extremely low definition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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