Solid Ivory

Solid Ivory is the 24th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on August 25, 1947, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.[1]

Solid Ivory
Directed by	Dick Lundy
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Ben Hardaway Milt Schaffer Heck Allen
Starring	Ben Hardaway
Music by	Darrell Calker
Animation by	Lester Kline Grim Natwick Hal Mason Stanley C. Onaitis LaVerne Harding Pat Matthews
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	August 25, 1947
Running time	6' 47"
Country	United States
Language	English

Synopsis

While playing a game of pool, Woody accidentally loses his cue ball and it rolls into a chicken coop, where it is mistaken for an egg by a chicken. Woody then spends the episode's duration trying to retrieve back the cue ball.

Notes

• The premise of Solid Ivory is similar to The Coo Coo Bird in that Woody winds up losing nearly every confrontation in the short (he does win one near the end). He also loses in Busman's Holiday, Tepee for Two, Woody's Clip Joint, The Tenant's Racket, Crowin' Pains, Banquet Busters, Real Gone Woody, Bye Bye Blackboard, The Beach Nut, Well Oiled, Shutter Bug, Phantom of the Horse Opera, A Lad in Bagdad, What's Sweepin' and Ski for Two.
• The title Solid Ivory is a play on the slang term "solid ivory", coined by Tad Dorgan, which meant someone who was thick-headed, an ignoramus.[2]

References

• Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1947". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.

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