The Beach Nut
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| The Beach Nut | |
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| Directed by | James Culhane |
| Story by | Ben Hardaway Milt Schaffer |
| Produced by | Walter Lantz |
| Starring | Jack Mather Ben Hardaway Lee Sweetland[1] |
| Music by | Darrell Calker |
| Animation by | Les Kline Dick Lundy Emery Hawkins Don Williams Laverne Harding Paul Smith |
| Layouts by | Art Heinemann |
| Backgrounds by | Philip DeGuard |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 6:50 |
| Language | English |
The Beach Nut is the 11th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on October 16, 1944, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.[2] The title is a play on "beech nut".
Wally decides to go to the beach to relax for his day off, but is constantly disturbed by surfer Woody. Returning to the present, Wally ties Woody to an anchor and hurls him into the ocean. The rope snags on the pier, demolishing first the pier and then the entire marina. The cartoon ends with Woody swimming away toward the horizon, pursued by Wally, and both of them pursued by the other beachgoers.
Production notes[edit]
The Beach Nut marked the debut of Woody Woodpecker's recurring antagonist, Wally Walrus. Voiced by actor Jack Mather, Wally became Woody's primary rival until 1948, before being replaced with Buzz Buzzard in Wet Blanket Policy. Woody would lose more battles to Wally than any of his other opponents.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ ""GUESS WHO??" Voice Artists in the Woody Woodpecker Cartoons |".
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ Samerdyke, Michael (2013). Cartoon Carnival: A Critical Guide to the Best Cartoons from Warner Brothers, MGM, Walter Lantz and DePatie-Freleng. Berlin: Lulu.com. p. 117.
External links[edit]
- The Beach Nut at IMDb
- The Beach Nut[dead link] at the Big Cartoon Database
