Woody the Giant Killer

Woody the Giant Killer is the 27th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on December 15, 1947, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.[2] The film is a parody of the tale "Jack and the Beanstalk".

Woody the Giant Killer
Directed byDick Lundy
Produced byWalter Lantz
Story byBen Hardaway
Webb Smith
StarringBen Hardaway
Harry E. Lang
Jack Mather
Music byDarrell Calker
Animation byVerne Harding
Ed Love
Lester Kline (uncr.)
Pat Matthews (uncr.)
Sid Pillett (uncr.)[1]
Backgrounds byFred Brunish
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 15, 1947 (1947-12-15)
Running time
6-minute 43 seconds
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Out of work, Woody (Ben Hardaway) is weary from looking for a place to rent, and he complains about his not having any living quarters. He is then approached by city slicker Buck Beaver (Harry E. Lang), who convinces him to buy some magic beans. Woody plants them, and a beanstalk shoots up to the clouds. An elevator takes Woody to a giant's castle, where he finds the dopey giant asleep and initially fails to wake him up. Woody puts mustard, red pepper and horseradish on his tongue, which does the trick. Woody hides from the giant (Jack Mather) in a stuffed olive and is almost swallowed until he uses a car jack to get out before smacking the giant with a fire shovel, throwing a banana peel, eventually turning the giant's castle into a series of apartments with the giant as a bellboy and Woody as his manager.

Notes
  • This short was the last Woody Woodpecker entry to be distributed by Universal Pictures until 1951's Puny Express.

References
  1. http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/woody-the-giant-killer-1947/
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  • Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1947". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.
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