After the Ball (1956 film)

After the Ball is the 67th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on February 13, 1956, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.[1]

After the Ball
Directed byPaul J. Smith
Produced byWalter Lantz
Story byJack Cosgriff
StarringGrace Stafford
Daws Butler
Music byClarence Wheeler
Animation byRobert Bentley
Herman R. Cohen
Gil Turner
Backgrounds byArt Landy
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal International
Release date
February 13, 1956
Running time
6' 13"
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Pierre Bear runs a bowling ball factory in the great North. Pierre mistakenly chops down Woody's treehouse and converts it into a bowling ball. Despite this, Woody decides to still reside in it, and goes about trying to outwit the bear. Pierre uses a water hose, air pump, deep freeze and even hocus-pocus to evict the tree's tenant, but all he gets are knotted bowler's fingers.[2]

Notes

According to the original order, After the Ball may have been the first Woody Woodpecker film that featured a shorter Woody with black dots for eyes. The original production number for After the Ball is U-52, while the previous film, The Tree Medic is U-53.[3]

References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  2. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "After The Ball (Walter Lantz Productions)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  3. Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1956 Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.


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