The Wise Little Hen

The Wise Little Hen
Silly Symphonies series
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Wilfred Jackson
Produced by	Walt Disney
Voices by	Florence Gill Clarence Nash
Music by	Leigh Harline
Animation by	Art Babbitt Dick Huemer Dick Lundy Ward Kimball Wolfgang Reitherman
Studio	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	June 9, 1934 (1934-06-09)
Running time	7 minutes (one reel)
Language	English

Nash signed photo

The Wise Little Hen is a Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies cartoon, based on the fairy tale The Little Red Hen. This cartoon marked the debut of Donald Duck, dancing to the Sailor's Hornpipe. Donald and his friend Peter Pig try to avoid work by faking stomach aches until Mrs. Hen teaches them the value of labor. This cartoon was released on June 9, 1934. It was animated by Art Babbitt, Dick Huemer, Dick Lundy, and Ward Kimball^[1] and directed by Wilfred Jackson.^[2] It was also adapted as a Sunday comic strip by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro.^[3]

Plot

The Wise Little Hen of the title is looking for someone to help her plant her corn. Peter Pig and Donald Duck both feign belly aches to get out of the chore. So, with help from her chicks, she plants it herself. Harvest time comes; again, Peter and Donald claim belly aches, but the hen sees through this. She cooks up a variety of corn dishes, and heads over to Peter and Donald to help her eat them, but before she can open her mouth, they already fake their belly aches. Once she asks, they are miraculously "cured" but all she gives them is castor oil, to teach them a lesson. As the hen eats the corn herself, Peter and Donald, with nothing but an appetite, repent with all their might by kicking each other.

Cast

Florence Gill - the Wise Little Hen (She only properly speaks in her sung lines when she asks Peter or/and Donald if they will "Help her plant, harvest or eat her corn")
Clarence Nash - Donald Duck, Peter Pig

Other references

This short was one of the many featured in Donald Duck's 50th Birthday.

Home video releases

Donald Duck Volume 1 (Betamax) 1986
Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck Volume 2 (VHS, Laserdisc) 1989
Donald Duck's 50 Birthday (VHS, Laserdisc) 1991
The Chronological Donald Volume 1 (DVD) 2005
Walt Disney's Timeless Tales Volume 3: Casey at the Bat/Little Hiwatha/Morris the Midget Moose (DVD) 2006
Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films Volume 5: Wind in the Willows (DVD) 2009

Adaptations

There was an adaptation story to the cartoon called "Mrs. Cackles's Corn" from Walt Disney's Story Land: 55 Favorite Stories. There are a couple of differences like instead of Donald Duck and Peter Pig, they use Daniel Duck and Podgo Pig in the story, the hen is called Mrs. Cackle, and Clara Cluck is telling the story.

References

↑ Malone, Patrick A. "The Wise Little Hen". The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
↑ "The Wise Little Hen". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
↑ The Wise Little Hen at the INDUCKS

External links

Silly Symphony film series

The Skeleton Dance (1929) El Terrible Toreador (1929) Springtime (1929) Hell's Bells (1929) The Merry Dwarfs (1929) Summer (1930) Autumn (1930) Cannibal Capers (1930) Frolicking Fish (1930) Arctic Antics (1930) Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930) Night (1930) Monkey Melodies (1930) Winter (1930) Playful Pan (1930) Birds of a Feather (1931) Mother Goose Melodies (1931) The China Plate (1931) The Busy Beavers (1931) The Cat's Out (1931) Egyptian Melodies (1931) The Clock Store (1931) The Spider and the Fly (1931) The Fox Hunt (1931) The Ugly Duckling (1931) The Bird Store (1932) The Bears and the Bees (1932) Just Dogs (1932) Flowers and Trees (1932) King Neptune (1932) Bugs in Love (1932) Babes in the Woods (1932) Santa's Workshop (1932) Birds in the Spring (1933) Father Noah's Ark (1933) The Three Little Pigs (1933) Old King Cole (1933) Lullaby Land (1933) The Pied Piper (1933) The Night Before Christmas (1933) The China Shop (1934) The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934) Funny Little Bunnies (1934) The Big Bad Wolf (1934) The Wise Little Hen (1934) The Flying Mouse (1934) Peculiar Penguins (1934) The Goddess of Spring (1934) The Tortoise and the Hare (1935) The Golden Touch (1935) The Robber Kitten (1935) Water Babies (1935) The Cookie Carnival (1935) Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935) Music Land (1935) Three Orphan Kittens (1935) Cock o' the Walk (1935) Broken Toys (1935) Elmer Elephant (1936) Three Little Wolves (1936) Toby Tortoise Returns (1936) Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936) The Country Cousin (1936) Mother Pluto (1936) More Kittens (1936) Woodland Café (1937) Little Hiawatha (1937) The Old Mill (1937) Moth and the Flame (1938) Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (1938) Farmyard Symphony (1938) Merbabies (1938) Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938) The Practical Pig (1939) The Ugly Duckling (1939)

Directors Jack Cutting, Walt Disney, Burt Gillett, David Hand, Rudolf Ising, Ub Iwerks, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, Vernon Stallings Book Category

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