The Hollywood Matador

The Hollywood Matador is the fourth animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on February 9, 1942, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.[1]

The Hollywood Matador
Directed byAlex Lovy
Walter Lantz
Produced byWalter Lantz
Story byBen Hardaway
Milt Schaffer
L. E. Eliott
StarringDanny Webb
Music byDarrell Calker
Animation byAlex Lovy
LaVerne Harding
George Dane
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
February 9, 1942 (U.S.)
Running time
6' 54"
LanguageEnglish

Production notes

The Hollywood Matador marks the second and final time Danny Webb provided the voice for Woody. It was also the first entry in the series directed by veteran animator/director Alex Lovy

The original title was The Mad Matador, but the Motion Picture Society for the Americas convinced Lantz to change it to The Hollywood Matador. Lantz was also urged to remove footage featured Mexicans without shoes and one sleeping, as the association feared that South America theater owners would ban the film.[2]

References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  2. Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1942 Archived 2010-12-19 at the Wayback Machine". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia


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