Arts and Flowers

Arts and Flowers
Directed by	Paul J. Smith
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Homer Brightman; Frank J. Goldberg
Starring	Grace Stafford; Dal McKennon
Music by	Clarence Wheeler
Animation by	Robert Bentley; Herman R. Cohen; Don Patterson; Raymond Jacobs; Art Landy
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal International
Release date	November 19, 1956
Running time	6' 03"
Country	United States
Language	English

Arts and Flowers is the 72nd animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on November 19, 1956, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.[1]

Plot

Artful Art, a temperamental artist of no ability, is busily painting in his studio when he hears the mailman deposit his copy of Art News magazine in his mailbox. Woody Woodpecker, who lives high in his home in a tree located in Art's yard, beats him to the mailbox, gets the magazine first, and sees a notice of a contest offering a prize for the best painting of a Desert Daffodilly.

Artful Art comes out and grabs the magazine as Woody runs to get his painting materials. Artful Art also sees the notice of the contest. Looking up, Artful Art sees Woody with his painting kit, heading for a tree by which he slides to the ground. As Woody slides down, Artful Art grabs the tree and holds it over a cliff, and Woody slides into space with a crash. Artful Art hurriedly gets his painting materials, gets into his car, and steps on the starter. He hears a clicking noise, and he turns. A tire rolls down the hill and crashes into a tree, with Artful Art curled up inside the tire. Woody, in his car, waves goodbye and roars into the desert, with Artful Art following close behind.

Both Woody and Artful Art discover one lonely desert flower, and a struggle ensues as to which of the two shall obtain the best vantage point in which to set up an easel. Each of them endeavors to outdo the other with ludicrous results. Woody's finally awarded the prize for his painting- the prize being a bag of money painted on a canvas set in a frame. Woody takes the frame and slams it over the head of the presenting judge, paints a ridiculous mustache on the face of the judge emerging through the canvas, and stalks from the room to the echo of his famous laugh.

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References

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

Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1956". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.

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