Chicken Little (1943)
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- Approved
- 8min
- Comedy, Family
- 17 Dec 1943 (USA)
- Short
A bold and colorful retelling of the classic tale of the not-so-bright little chicken's encounter with an acorn and gravity. Crazy-eyed Chicken and all his panicked friends run away from the sky and right into an eye-catching surprise.
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Cast
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Florence Gill | ... |
Hens - clucking sounds only (uncredited) (voice)
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Frank Graham | ... |
Narrator / Foxy Loxy / Chicken Little / Cocky Locky / Turkey Lurkey / Additional characters (uncredited) (voice)
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Dorothy Lloyd | ... |
Hens - clucking sounds only (uncredited)
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| Clarence Nash | ... |
Ducks - quacking sounds only (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Jack Cutting | ... | (uncredited) (earlier cartoon clips) |
| Clyde Geronimi | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
| Dick Huemer | ... | (story) (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Rusty Jones | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| George Lowerre | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Ed Aardal | ... | effects animator (uncredited) |
| Andy Engman | ... | effects animator (uncredited) |
| Ollie Johnston | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Milt Kahl | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Ward Kimball | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| John Lounsbery | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Charles Philippi | ... | layout artist (uncredited) |
| George Rowley | ... | effects animator (uncredited) |
| Norman Tate | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Ruth Tompson | ... | checker (uncredited) |
Production Companies
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- RKO Radio Pictures (1943) (United States) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1944) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Films (1944) (Sweden) (theatrical)
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Storyline
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It's a peaceful day at the local poultry farm until Foxy Loxy happens along intent on a chicken dinner. He takes the advice of a book on psychology by striking "the least intelligent" first and convinces dim witted Chicken Little the sky is falling. Chicken Little spreads the word but when head man Cocky Locky proves the story to be false, Foxy Loxy spreads rumors that Cocky Locky isn't the smart chicken he appears to be, which leads to the ultimate undoing of the chickens at the hands of Foxy Loxy.
Written by Matt Yorston |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Produced as a propaganda short during WWII, warning audiences not to believe anti-American propaganda. Originally the film was to have had more direct references to the war: Foxy Loxy would have read from "Mein Kampf"; and the chicken's graves would have been marked by swastikas. But Walt Disney decided to keep the film generic so that it would not become dated after the war. See more » |
| Goofs | After Cocky Locky announces "The sky isn't really falling," Chicken Little responds by shouting "I tell you it is too falling!" When he says this, his speech doesn't match his beak movement. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Jiminy Cricket Presents Bongo (1955). See more » |
| Soundtracks | The Sky Is Falling See more » |
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[last lines]
Narrator: Hey, wait a minute! This isn't right. That's not the way it ends in my book. Foxy Loxy: Oh, yeah? Don't believe everything you read, brother! See more » |