Chilly Willy is a 1953 Chilly Willy cartoon and the first in the Chilly Willy series.[2] Chilly Willy would have a major redesign in his next cartoon, I'm Cold, by cartoon director Tex Avery.[3]

Chilly Willy
Directed byPaul J. Smith
Story byHomer Brightman
Produced byWalter Lantz[1]
StarringSara Berner
Dal McKennon
Music byClarence Wheeler
Animation byGil Turner
Laverne Harding
Robert Bentley
Layouts byRaymond Jacobs
Art Landy
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal-International
Release date
  • December 21, 1953 (1953-12-21)
Running time
6 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Plot edit

A schooner anchors at the South Pole, and the skipper goes ashore and leaves the ship's mascot, a St. Bernard, to stand watch and guard the ship. A small penguin, Chilly Willy (the only penguin who is not equipped for cold weather...anywhere), sees the ship and tries to get warm by its stove. The watchdog attempts to get rid of him, but Willy manages to get the dog drunk from the rum in its own cask. The captain returns to find Willy saving the ship from sinking, while the dog is found sleeping it off. Chilly Willy is made mascot and the dog is tossed in the ship's brig.

References edit

  1. ^ "Theatrical Cartoons 1953-54 |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Chilly Willy-"I'm Cold"". Cartoons, Comics & Model Sheets. 28 September 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

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