Poultry Pirates (1938)

Directed by

Friz Freleng

Genre

animation

Country

United States

Runtime

9 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pirate captain and his crew cause trouble for a stubborn mama and her two mischievous kids. The cartoon follows their silly conflicts and humorous antics.

slapstickfast-pacedgoofychaoticwhimsicallightheartedcartoonish

What happens

In 1938, the comic strip The Captain and the Kids (Rudolph Dirks' parallel version of his own strip The Katzenjammer Kids) was adapted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, becoming the studio's first self-produced series of theatrical cartoon short subjects, directed by William Hanna, Bob Allen, and Friz Freleng. The short-lived series was unsuccessful, ending after one year and a total of 15 cartoons. Following that cancellation, Freleng returned to Leon Schlesinger Productions, where he had earlier been an animation director. The Captain was voiced by Billy Bletcher, Mama was voiced by Martha Wentworth, the kids were voiced by Shirley Reed and Jeanne Dunne, and John Silver was voiced by Mel Blanc. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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