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Crowing Pains

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Crowing Pains
Directed byRobert McKimson
Story byWarren Foster[1]
Produced byEdward Selzer
StarringMel Blanc
Robert C. Bruce[2]
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byManny Gould
Charles McKimson
John Carey
I. Ellis
Anatolle Kirsanoff
Fred Abranz[3]
A.C. Gamer[4]
Layouts byCornett Wood
Backgrounds byRichard H. Thomas
Color processTechnicolor
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • July 12, 1947 (1947-07-12)
Running time
6:47
LanguageEnglish

Crowing Pains is a 1947 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.[5] The cartoon was released on July 12, 1947, and stars Henery Hawk, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg.[6] This is McKimson's first short to feature Sylvester.

Plot

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Sylvester embarks on a clandestine mission to appropriate a bone from the doghouse, yet his endeavor is swiftly thwarted by the vigilant Barnyard Dawg. Following an altercation, Sylvester finds himself entangled in a series of misadventures involving Barnyard Dawg, Foghorn Leghorn, and Henery Hawk.

Subsequent to a failed attempt to liberate Barnyard Dawg's dish, Sylvester incurs the ire of his adversary and incites a pursuit. Amidst the chase, Foghorn intervenes, inadvertently exacerbating Sylvester's predicament. As tensions escalate, Sylvester retaliates against Foghorn, precipitating a cascade of confrontations. At one point, Henery Hawk, mistaking Foghorn for a chicken, ensnares him in a scheme to procure dinner. Employing subterfuge and misdirection, Foghorn implicates Sylvester as the intended prey, resulting in a succession of farcical incidents involving an egg and Sylvester's exaggerated response. His escalating frustration culminates in a confrontation with Henery Hawk, prompting a showdown to determine the true chicken. However, the resolution is fraught with further misdirection and irony, epitomized by Foghorn's utilization of ventriloquism to deceive Henery.

Voice cast

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Home media

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References

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  1. ^ Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 91. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
  2. ^ "Foghorn Leghorn in "Crowing Pains" (1947) |".
  3. ^ "Foghorn Leghorn in "Crowing Pains" (1947) -". cartoonresearch.com. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. ^ AC Gamer Reel (Remake)
  5. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 177. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  6. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 81–82. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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