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 | Bernard Brown Norman Spencer |
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
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Locations
- Earth
- 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)
- Hollywood (indirectly mentioned)
- Goldville City
- United States
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 Bernard Brown and Norman Spencer.
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
- 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
- ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 17. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ↑ "Stereotypically Tex". Tralfaz (March 14, 2013).
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