Three Little Pigs (1933)

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

Stars:

Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton

Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.

Cast

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

Storyline

The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".

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Plot Keywords:

wolf | brick | pig | stick | costume | 

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Taglines:

Who's afraid of the BIG BAD WOLF?

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Genres:

Animation | Musical | Family | Comedy | Short

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 May 1933 (USA)

Also Known As:

3 pientä porsasta

Box Office

Budget:

$15,720 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

8 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Quotes

Fifer Pig, Fiddler Pig: [singing] Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, Big Bad Wolf, Big Bad Wolf? Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

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Connections

Referenced in Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Disneyland Around the Seasons (1966)

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Soundtracks

"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf"
by Frank Churchill and Ted Sears

User Reviews

A Slightly Altered Version of the Old Fable

You know the basic story, the practical hardworking pig builds his house with bricks and mortar; one lazy buddy uses sticks and the other uses straw. Then when the time comes to keep out the Big Bad Wolf everyone heads to the brick house. It's an old fable and Disney wisely altered the original story where the wolf eats the two lazy pigs and is eaten by the remaining pig after falling into boiling water.

"The Three Little Pigs" was the 36th cartoon in Disney's "Silly Symphony" series and came just a year after "Flowers and Trees" forever changed the animation industry by introducing the first Technicolor cartoon. Technicolor was a process where three separate negatives (each a primary color) were combined to produce a color print. It took a while to perfect it for live action so it was first utilized for animation.

"The Three Little Pigs" was the most popular cartoon in history, on many theater marquees it was billed above the feature film. Disney had a two year exclusive on the use of the Technicolor process and had one animator work on giving each pig a distinct personality while another animator created the wolf. Frank Churchill wrote the "Big Bad Wolf" song, which unexpectedly became a monster hit-Disney's first published song. The wolf at the door was considered the symbol of the Depression and the song became a national rallying cry.

Disney would follow it up with three other attempts: "The Big Bad Wolf", "Three Little Wolves", and "The Practical Pig". None were nearly as successful as the original and Walt is said to have repeatedly stated: "You can't top pigs with pigs."

Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.