The Legend of Rockabye Point (1955)

Directed by

Tex Avery

Genre

comedy film, family film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A chilly penguin causes trouble for a polar bear who is trying to get some sleep. The polar bear's attempts to deal with the penguin lead to funny situations.

playfulenergeticcomediclightheartedwhimsicalslapstickfast-pacedclassic

What happens

The Legend of Rockabye Point is a 1955 Chilly Willy cartoon directed by Tex Avery. It was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and was released on April 11, 1955. The cartoon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in the same year, but would lose to the Merrie Melodies short Speedy Gonzales. This is also the second (and last) Chilly Willy cartoon directed by Avery. The plot of the cartoon resembles an earlier cartoon Avery directed, that being the 1952 short Rock-a-Bye Bear for MGM. Charlie the Polarbear would also serve as a precursor to the character Maxie the Polarbear, who would first appear in the short Polar Fright eleven years later. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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