Smart as a Fox (1946)
*** (out of 4)
Extremely cute and entertaining short from Warner about the first year in the lives of some fox cubs. With narration we hear what all the foxes have upcoming and why many of them don't live to see their first birthday. This is a pretty strong short from start to finish and we get some great footage of the foxes out in the wild. There's one scene where a dog goes after the cubs and their mother must give her life so that the dog won't find the babies. I'm sure this would be hard for some younger viewers to see and I was curious if the producer's were hoping for something like this to fit that BAMBI mode. The narration isn't the greatest out there but there's enough going on here to make fans of all ages to want to check this out. The Oscar nomination was a worthy one.