Curtain Razor
| Curtain Razor | |
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| Directed by | I. Freleng |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Produced by | Edward Selzer |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Stan Freberg Dorothy Lloyd Dave Barry Cliff Nazarro |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by | Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross Pete Burness |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Paul Julian |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
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Running time | 7:16 |
| Language | English |
Curtain Razor is a 1949 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The short was released on May 21, 1949, and stars Porky Pig.[2]
Plot
[edit]Outside the office of Goode and Korny: Talent Agents, aspiring performers await their auditions. Porky, the agency's producer, presides over the auditions, where various performers showcase their talents, including:
- A hen, who performs "Blue Danube" but faces dismissal after a literal interpretation of "laying an egg."
- A fox, eager to impress Porky but instructed to wait his turn.
- A turtle, purporting to possess a thousand voices, yet failing to meet Porky's expectations.
- Bingo the Parrot, Frankie the Rooster, and Al the Duck, presenting a rendition of April Showers, deemed unsuitable for Porky's clientele.
- A two-headed man, humorously revealing his janitorial occupation instead of an anticipated sensational act.
- J. Fenton Hadding, a dog in a bathing suit, whose eccentric performance involves an elaborate dive from an elevated platform.
- Crawford Coo, with a failed pigeon act, and subsequently, a futile attempt at tap dancing.
- A shaggy dog, introducing the Itch and Scratch Flea Circus, captivating in concept but failing to impress Porky.
Concluding the auditions, the fox's explosive act, involving the ingestion of hazardous materials, earns Porky's approval, only for the Fox's ghostly return to reveal a fatal flaw in the performance.
Home media
[edit]Curtain Razor is available restored on the Looney Tunes Super Stars' Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham DVD release and the Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray release of Cats Don't Dance.
References
[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. 198. 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.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1949 films
- 1949 animated films
- 1949 short films
- 1940s English-language films
- Short films directed by Friz Freleng
- Porky Pig films
- Looney Tunes shorts
- 1940s Warner Bros. animated short films
- Cultural depictions of Frank Sinatra
- Cultural depictions of Bing Crosby
- Cultural depictions of Al Jolson
- Animation based on real people
- Films scored by Carl Stalling
- English-language short films