Half Empty Saddles
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Half Empty Saddles | |
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Directed by | Paul J. Smith |
Produced by | Walter Lantz |
Animation by | Robert Bentley Lester Kline Laverne Harding (unicredit) Ray Abrams (unicredit) Don Patterson (unicredit) |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Running time | 6 minutes |
Country | United States |
Half Empty Saddles is the 84th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on April 21, 1958, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.
Plot
In the desert, Woody Woodpecker, riding a horse, is gaily strumming a guitar and singing a song of loot long lost. Only he has the map of its location. Woody enters the ghost town of Paradise, dismounts and studies the map. "X" marks the spot in the Snake-Eye Saloon, where the loot is hidden under the floor. Unbeknown to Woody, foul villain Dapper Denver Dooley, hiding in a barrel behind him, sees the map over his shoulder. Woody enters the saloon, closely followed by Dooley. Woody locates the "X" spot and finds a strongbox. Dooley grabs and opens the box, and he has his nose caught in a mousetrap. Woody recaptures the box and runs with it, only to lose it to Dooley again when Woody runs into a closed door. The box changes hands many times as Woody and Dooley, in a battle of wits and trickery, fight for its possession. Finally, Woody gains permanent possession of the box when Dooley, on a small wooden horse with a large rocket attached to its pole, is shot into space as both Woody and the horse give the famous Woody laugh.
References
- Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1958". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.
- 1958 animated films
- 1950s short films
- Walter Lantz Productions shorts
- Woody Woodpecker films
- American short films
- Western (genre) comedy films
- 1950s American animated films
- 1958 films
- Universal Pictures short films
- Universal Pictures animated short films
- Films about animals
- Animated films about animals
- Films about birds
- Animated films about birds
- American Western (genre) films
- American films
- 1950s Western (genre) films
- 1950s comedy films
- American comedy films
- American animated short films
- Woody Woodpecker film stubs