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==Detailed summary==
==Detailed summary==
==Memorable quotes==
==Memorable quotes==
'''Porky''': Whoo-o-o-o-o-o-oopie!
'''Porky''': Well, here's m-m-m-m-my d-d-d-d-d-d-daughter.<br />
'''Beans''': And here's my gold.<br />
'''Porky''': Go-gold? Th-th-that's my lunch!<br />
==Characters==
==Characters==
{{CastTop}}
{{CastTop}}
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Beans]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Tommy Bond]]
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Little Kitty]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Bernice Hansell]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Porky Pig]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Porky Pig]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Joe Dougherty]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Joe Dougherty]]
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Beans]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Tommy Bond]]
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{{CastBottom}}
{{CastBottom}}
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* [[Earth]]
* [[Earth]]
** [[United States]]
** [[United States]]
*** [[Goldville City]]
**** General store
**** [[Goldville City Bugle]]
**** [[Porky's residence]]
**** Laundry
**** Barbershop
*** Red Gulch
*** California (indirectly mentioned)
**** [[Hollywood]] (indirectly mentioned)
***** [[Warner Bros.]] studio (mentioned)


==Objects==
==Objects==
 
* ''How to Find Gold''
* Hunting rifle with fishing pole


==Vehicles==
==Vehicles==
*  
* Porky's car
* Chinese chariot
* Moonshine


==Production==
==Production==
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* It is the first cartoon directed by Tex Avery under the Warner Bros. animation unit.
* It is the first cartoon directed by Tex Avery under the Warner Bros. animation unit.
* Porky Pig, in is second overall appearance after his debut in ''[[I Haven't Got a Hat]]'', is depicted as a grown adult for the first time. Unlike his previous appearance, his voice is not sped up.
* Porky Pig, in is second overall appearance after his debut in ''[[I Haven't Got a Hat]]'', is depicted as a grown adult for the first time. Unlike his previous appearance, his voice is not sped up.
* The bulletin board at the Goldville City Bugle makes a mentioned of the [[Warner Bros.]] studio.


==Errors==
==Errors==
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==Home availability==
==Home availability==
*  
* In the United States:
** [[October 30]], [[2007]]: Warner Home Video releases ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5]]'' on DVD.
** [[September 19]], [[2017]]: [[Warner Archive Collection]] releases ''[[Porky Pig 101]]'.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Beans theatrical shorts]]
[[Category:Directed by Tex Avery]]
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[[Category:Porky Pig theatrical shorts]]
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[[Category:Warner Bros. Pictures]].

Revision as of 19:01, 22 April 2024

Gold Diggers of '49
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Production company Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date November 2, 1935
Run time 8 minutes
Starring Joe Dougherty
Tommy Bond
Billy Bletcher
Bernice Hansen[1]
Producer(s) Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by Carl W. Stalling
Animation Bob Clampett
Charles Jones
Robert Cannon
Virgil Ross
Virgil Ross
Sid Sutherland
Cecil Surry
Elmer Wait[2]
Director(s) Fred Avery
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Gold Diggers of '49 is the sixty-fourth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on November 2, 1935. It was produced by Leon Schlesinger and directed by Tex Avery.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Porky: Whoo-o-o-o-o-o-oopie!


Porky: Well, here's m-m-m-m-my d-d-d-d-d-d-daughter.
Beans: And here's my gold.
Porky: Go-gold? Th-th-that's my lunch!

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Beans Tommy Bond
Little Kitty Bernice Hansell
Porky Pig Joe Dougherty


Locations

Objects

  • How to Find Gold
  • Hunting rifle with fishing pole

Vehicles

  • Porky's car
  • Chinese chariot
  • Moonshine

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: November 2, 1935 in theatres

Behind the scenes

  • The short's title is allusion to the Busby Berkeley films, Gold Diggers of 1933 and Gold Diggers of 1935, which were both also released by Warner Bros. It also alludes to the California gold rush.
  • It is the first cartoon directed by Tex Avery under the Warner Bros. animation unit.
  • Porky Pig, in is second overall appearance after his debut in I Haven't Got a Hat, is depicted as a grown adult for the first time. Unlike his previous appearance, his voice is not sped up.
  • The bulletin board at the Goldville City Bugle makes a mentioned of the Warner Bros. studio.

Errors

Everlasting influence

Home availability

References

  1. Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 17. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
  2. "Stereotypically Tex". Tralfaz (March 14, 2013).

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