Three Little Pigs (1933)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Writers:

Release Date:

27 May 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Musical | Family | Comedy | Short

Tagline:

Who's afraid of the BIG BAD WOLF?

Plot:

When a hungry wolf starts blowing down some pigs' houses, they take refuge in their sensible brother's brick house.

Plot Keywords:

Wolf | Pig | Big Bad Wolf | Building House | Cartoon Wolf

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 win

Cast

Billy Bletcher	...	Big Bad Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
Pinto Colvig	...	Practical Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Dorothy Compton	...	Fifer Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney	...	Practical Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Mary Moder	...	Fiddler Pig (voice) (uncredited)

Runtime:

8 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Portugal:M/4 | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

This was the first Disney cartoon to be fully conceived on storyboards. Previously, simple sketches were drawn on a page giving a broad overview of each scene, with descriptions of the individual actions and gags typed on a separate page. Storyboards in the modern sense (drawings pinned on a bulletin board detailing every action on a film) were invented at the Disney Studio in the early 1930s.

Quotes:

Practical Pig: You can play and laugh and fiddle / Don't think you can make me sore / I'll be safe and you'll be sorry / When the Wolf comes to your door.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Silly Symphonies Souvenirs (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

How many others have seen the uncensored version?

I've heard about the politically incorrect version...the original version...of this cartoon, but have never seen it until today. It's the theatrical release that featured the wolf dressed as a jewish peddler, complete with a BIG false nose, beard, long black hair and hints of Yiddishe music for a few bars in the background as he gets hit over the head by Practical Pig (A clever(?) disguise as why would a Jew be at the door going after some pork?) In the latter day, "cleansed" version (circa???), Disney artists edited this part out and REDREW the scene aping the old classic style, changing the Big Bad Wolf into a harmless Fuller Brush Man, sans Jewish features. This modern whitewashing happened due to protests from folks over offensive stereotypes, but anyone whose seen pre-code movies knows Jewish peddlers were omnipresent whenever street scenes were shown, as were all ethnic stereotypes On the "forbidden" video I viewed, the second cartoon featuring the wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood" ('34), he dons a fairy outfit and minces about in the forest in an openly gay manner (it's hysterical), enticing Bo Peep and two of the Little Pigs. I don't know if this scene has been subsequently cleaned-up as well for today's uneasy audiences, but I have never seen this cartoon before. In fact, it was a well-kept secret, never featured on any Disney TV show to the best of my knowledge. The video I previewed is fairly recent, released circa 1995 (I thought it was cleaned-up in the '50's or '60's...the old version being yanked from circulation around the same time). Other videos I have seen feature the "scrubbed" PC version from an even earlier date, so I don't really know what's going on over at Disney. All I can say is that I'm Jewish, and love watching stuff like this. I don't believe in censorship, revisionism, correctness, or cowardice for that matter. These films are a chronicle of their age, and should be left alone. I'd like a show of hands...have any of you seen one or both versions...and do you deplore the Disney clean-up...or condone it?