The Wise Little Hen

"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. Donald and his friend Peter Pig try to avoid work 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 Kimballcite web |url=http://disneyshorts.org/years/1934/wiselittlehen.html |title=The Wise Little Hen |accessdate=2007-06-09 |author=Malone, Patrick A. |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work=The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] . According to "The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts", it was directed by Bert Gillett, while the Internet Movie Database lists Wilfred Jackson as director [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025997/ |title=The Wise Little Hen |accessdate=2007-06-09 |format= |work=Internet Movie Database ] . It was also adapted as a Sunday comic strip by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro [cite web |url=http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=ZS+34-09-16 |title=The Wise Little Hen |accessdate=2007-06-09 |format= |work=COA I.N.D.U.C.K.S. ] .

Cast

*Florence Gill - the Wise Little Hen
*Clarence Nash - Donald Duck
*Pinto Colvig - Peter Pig

Other References

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

References

External links

* [http://disneyshorts.org/years/1934/wiselittlehen.html The Wise Little Hen] on [http://disneyshorts.org/ The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts]
*imdb title|id=0025997|title=The Wise Little Hen