| The Wise Little Hen | |
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| Silly Symphonies series | |
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| Directed by | Wilfred Jackson |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Voices by | Florence Gill Clarence Nash Pinto Colvig |
| Animation by | Art Babbitt Dick Huemer Dick Lundy Ward Kimball |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Release date(s) | June 9, 1934 |
| Running time | 7 minutes (one reel) |
| Language | English |
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 by faking stomach aches 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 Kimball[1] and directed by Wilfred Jackson.[2] It was also adapted as a Sunday comic strip by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro.[3]
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This short was one of the many featured in Donald Duck's 50th Birthday.
There was an adaptation story to the cartoon called "Mrs. Cackles's Corn" from Walt Disney's Story Land: 55 Favorite Stories. There are a couple of differences like instead of Donald Duck and Peter Pig, they use Daniel Duck and Podgo Pig in the story, the hen is called Mrs. Cackle, and Clara Cluck is telling the story.
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