The Legend of Rockabye Point

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The Legend of Rockabye Point Chilly Willy series
Directed by	Tex Avery
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Michael Maltese
Music by	Clarence Wheeler
Animation by	Ray Abrams Laverne Harding Don Patterson
Layouts by	Raymond Jacobs
Studio	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	April 1, 1955
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	6 minutes
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The Legend of Rockabye Point is a 1955 Chilly Willy cartoon directed by Tex Avery and produced by Walter Lantz. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film.

[edit] Plot

An old sailor tells the legend of a starving polar bear (Maxie) who attempted to steal food but kept running into a vicious guard dog. To placate the beast, the bear must sing "Rock-A-Bye Baby" to him to make him nod off. Unfortunately the dog wakes quickly at the slightest noise, and is cranky. The dog eventually chases the bear up a tall mountain. At the end of the picture the sailor says if you listen carefully you can to this day still hear the lullaby at night. Indeed, at the peak the pair stand--both very old and grey now--with the bear holding the dog tenderly and singing "Rock-A-Bye Baby".

[edit] Notes

The bear has appeared in other Lantz pictures with Chilly and Smedley.
Though billed as "A Chilly Willy Cartoon", the perpetually-cold penguin is only briefly seen.