Porky's Railroad is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin.[1] The short was released on August 7, 1937, and stars Porky Pig.[2]
| Porky's Railroad | |
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| Directed by | Frank Tashlin |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
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| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Joe D'Igalo Robert Bentley |
| Color process | Black and White |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 7:14 |
| Language | English |
Plot
editPorky and his 2-2-2 typed locomitive (#131⁄2 "Toots" ) travel the 15th Century Unlimited and endure a larger locomotive and stubborn bull who crosses the tracks.[3]
Production notes
editIn the scene in which Porky pulls the bull's tail, some of his speech is garbled. When played backwards, however, Porky's words here are "...Toots old gal, d-d-don't pop your b-b-b-b...".[4]
When a woodpile is knocked over there is a brief view of a caricatured black man, a derogatory visual reference from the cartoonists to the then commonly used term "a nigger in the woodpile". During the race, Porky runs his train over the top of a boat called the 'S.S Leon', a gag dedicated to the cartoon's producer Leon Schlesinger. Also, the Morse Code heard is a message to write "QST QSL Leon Schlesinger Hollywood picture of Porky"[5]
Home media
edit- DVD – Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Disc 2
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 60. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ The Looney Tunes Show - Season 3 Episode 4: Porky Pig's Feat/Porky's Railroad - Metacritic
- ^ Porky's Railroad (1937) - Hidden Audio by CCCartoons on YouTube
- ^ Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America - Google Books (pg.43)