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Well Oiled (film)

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Well Oiled
File:Welloiled TITLE.jpg
Directed byDick Lundy
Story byBen Hardaway
Milt Schaffer
Produced byWalter Lantz
StarringBen Hardaway
Jack Mather
Music byDarrell Calker
Animation byLester Kline
Pat Matthew
Hal Mason (uncr.)
Grim Natwick (uncr.)
Casey Onaitis (uncr.)
Laverne Harding (uncr.)[1]
Backgrounds byFred Brunish
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 30, 1947 (1947-06-30)
Running time
6' 45"
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Well Oiled is the 24th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series.[2] Released theatrically on June 30, 1947, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.[3]

The billboard seen while Woody is driving through the countryside features an ad for Walter Lantz's New Funnies Magazine featuring Andy Panda and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.[3]

Plot

Enjoying a drive through the Giant Redwoods, Woody Woodpecker runs out of gas. He tries to foil police officer Wally Walrus after siphoning some from his cop car. Unfortunately, he's observed by the cop, and the chase is on. Woody eludes the cop temporarily by ducking into a service station and disguising himself as an old man. When the cop asks for water, Woody uses the fire hose, then runs him through a huge wringer at the car laundry. A duel fought with grease guns gives Woody a chance to thoroughly grease the law, but he makes one slip and winds up with himself well oiled.

References

  1. ^ http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/woody-woodpecker-in-well-oiled-1947/
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  3. ^ a b Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1947". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.