Chicken Little (1943 film)

Chicken Little
Directed by	Clyde Geromini
Narrated by	Frank Graham
Voices by	Frank Graham Clarence Nash Florence Gill
Animation by	Ollie Johnston Milt Kahl Norman Tate Ward Kimball John Lounsbery
Studio	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s)	17 December 1943
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	8:44
Country	United States]
Language	English

Chicken Little is a short film created by Walt Disney during World War II. Unlike the company's 2005 feature film of the same name, this short was based on the actual classic tale itself.

Plot summary

It's a peaceful day at the local poultry farm until Foxy Loxy happens along intent on a chicken dinner. He takes the advice from Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf choosing to manipulate the masses by beginning with "the least intelligent" (the titular Chicken Little, a yo-yo wielding simpleton) first and convinces him that the sky is falling. Chicken Little spreads the word but when head man Cocky Locky proves the story to be false, Foxy Loxy spreads innunendo and rumors that Cocky Locky isn't the smart chicken he appears to be, which leads to another rush of panic among the avians; by convincing Chicken Little to tell the stampeding masses to "seek refuge" in his own den Foxy is able to slaughter and devour the whole lot. The cartoon closes with a pot-bellied Loxy picking his teeth and arranging the wishbones of the devoured birds in a row resembling a war cemetery.

Foxy Loxy and Mein Kampf

According to the audio commentary on the short's 2004 Walt Disney Treasures DVD release, the studio had the title of the book Foxy Loxy is reading changed from Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to Psychology. The passages Foxy Loxy reads are still, however, from Mein Kampf.

Other appearances

Chicken Little makes a cameo appearance in the Toontown countryside in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

See also

• List of World War II short films

External links

• Chicken Little (1943) at the Internet Movie Database