
Swooner Crooner
Swooner Crooner is a 1944 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin. The short was released on May 6, 1944, and stars Porky Pig.
Plot
Porky Pig is the supervisor of the Flockheed Eggcraft Factory, where dozens of hens lay eggs for the war effort (in this case, World War II). The hens suddenly get distracted from their egg laying when a handsome rooster (who resembles and sings like Frank Sinatra) is heard singing outside. Frankie's renditions of "It Can't Be Wrong" by Dick Haymes and "As Time Goes By" (from Casablanca, 1942) causes all the hens to refuse to lay eggs because they are too busy swooning.
More details
author | Warren Foster |
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director | Frank Tashlin |
events | World War II |
genre | animation |
keywords | al jolson as time goes by bing crosby blues in the night cab calloway casablanca dick haymes for you frank sinatra jimmy durante lullaby of broadway september in the rain shortnin\' bread sing vaughn monroe war effort work out you must have been a beautiful baby |
musicBy | Carl W. Stalling |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film |
producer | Leon Schlesinger |
productionCompany | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
theme | animated animated short cartoon short |