Life Begins for Andy Panda
Life Begins for Andy Panda | |
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Directed by | Alex Lovy |
Story by | Victor McLeod |
Produced by | Walter Lantz |
Starring | Sara Berner Danny Webb Mel Blanc Margaret McKay[2] |
Music by | Frank Marsales |
Animation by | Alex Lovy Frank Tipper Les Kline Laverne Harding |
Backgrounds by | Ed Kiechle |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 8 minutes (one reel) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Life Begins for Andy Panda is a 1939 American short subject cartoon created by Walter Lantz, as the very first Andy Panda film.[3][4][5]
Background
The short capitalized on public interest surrounding the United States' first captive
Papa Panda was voiced by Danny Webb and Mama Panda and Andy Panda by Sara Berner. In Andy Panda's fourth film, Knock Knock, Walter Lantz's more famous character, Woody Woodpecker, was first introduced.[6]
Plot synopsis
The story begins with the Finchell Broadcasting Station telling the news that the panda family had their first baby. All of the forest animals rush to see the new baby. All the animals are excited to see him and shout to name the cub. Mama Panda makes the decision, to name him Andy. The arrival of a skunk causes them all to run away. 6 months later, Papa Panda is talking with Andy about appreciating Mother Nature, until Andy looks under a tree with his slingshot and hits an opossum. The opossum stomps on Papa Panda's foot. After Papa opines that Mother Nature has no place to live, Andy starts to cry, thinking that she's homeless.[3]
As Papa corrects him, they start to leave the forest and enter a barren area. Papa warns Andy about the savage
Mama Panda joins the action and fights off some pygmies. A kangaroo successfully puts Andy in his pouch but he was distracted by a pygmy while another one slapped the kangaroo's fanny with a plank. The skunk, who had six months earlier scared the animals chases the pygmies away and the animals cheer and Andy is rewarded by Papa. Andy wishes that the events would be put in a newsreel and Papa, about to spank him, instead decides to snuggle Andy. As the cartoon ends, Mr. Whippletree the turtle, is seen chasing the pygmy who took his shell.[3]
Style
The animation used in this film when the
References
- ^ Motion picture herald. [New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.] 1931. p. 81. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ Scott, Keith (3 October 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. p. 194. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ ISBN 0-8108-3250-X.
- ^ a b c Glenn Collins (March 23, 1994). "Walter Lantz, 93, the Creator Of Woody Woodpecker, Is Dead". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ ISBN 0-394-54684-9.
- ISBN 0-306-80918-4.
External links
- Life Begins for Andy Panda at IMDb