After the Ball (1956 film)
After the Ball is the 66th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on February 13, 1956, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.[1]
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Directed by | Paul J. Smith |
Produced by | Walter Lantz |
Story by | Jack Cosgriff |
Starring | Grace Stafford Daws Butler |
Music by | Clarence Wheeler |
Animation by | Robert Bentley Herman R. Cohen Gil Turner |
Backgrounds by | Art Landy |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Universal International |
Release date | February 13, 1956 |
Running time | 6' 11" |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
Pierre Bear runs a bowling ball factory in the great North. Pierre mistakenly chops down Woody's treehouse and converts it into a bowling ball. Despite this, Woody decides to still reside in it, and goes about trying to outwit the bear. Pierre uses a water hose, air pump, deep freeze and even hocus-pocus to evict the tree's tenant, but all he gets are knotted bowler's fingers.[2]
Notes
According to the original order, After the Ball may have been the first Woody Woodpecker film that featured a shorter Woody with black dots for eyes. The original production number for After the Ball is U-52, while the previous film, The Tree Medic is U-53.[3]
References
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "After The Ball (Walter Lantz Productions)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 2016-07-13.
- Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1956 Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.