A Star Is Hatched
| A Star Is Hatched | |
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 Title card | |
| Directed by | Isadore Freleng |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Bob McKimson |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Productions The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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A Star Is Hatched is a 1938 American animated comedy short film directed by Isadore Freleng.[1] The short was released on April 2, 1938. It is the 92nd film in the Merrie Melodies series and the last to be directed by Freleng before he departed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[2][3]
Plot
At Hickville, Emily the Chicken fantasizes about being a famous actress. Her boyfriend visits with flowers, but she rejects him while imitating Greta Garbo. J. Megga Phone, a film director for Super Super Colossal Pictures Corp. at Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, drives by for a fill-in, attracting her attention. He is impressed by Emily's appearance and gives her his business card. To her boyfriend's chagrin, she immediately leaves for Hollywood. She fails to hitchhike and manages to walk 1600 miles to Hollywood.
Hollywood is occupied by numerous caricatures of famous actors and actresses, including Clark Gable as a tram operator and W. C. Fields as a traffic police officer using his nose as the lights. Numerous tourists are brought on a 50-cent tour of the celebrities' houses, including Tarzan, who lives on the treetops and as such has no privacy which he does not mind.
Emily finds her way to the casting room, where the executives literally cast fishing rods at an offscreen location. J. Megga Phone is at work with 15 assistant directors, the last of which disagrees with his decision and is pummeled. He shoots a scene involving Dick Powell, who sings a number of popular songs. He returns to the casting room, where numerous hens approach him for having received his business card. Emily is unable to keep up and accepts the reality that the industry is simply too crowded for her to be successful in. She returns home and marries her boyfriend. One female chick reads an ill-placed magazine and imitates Greta Garbo again, much to her mother's disappointment.
References
- ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 68. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2. Search this book on
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020. Search this book on
- ↑ Parten, James (2020-03-31). "Merrie Melodies 1937-38: More Old Friends". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
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- 1938 films
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- 1938 comedy films
- 1938 American animated short films
- 1938 English-language films
- 1930s Warner Bros. animated short films
- American animated short films
- Merrie Melodies short films
- English-language comedy short films
- Animated films about chickens
- Short films directed by Friz Freleng
- Films scored by Carl Stalling
- Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
- Films produced by Leon Schlesinger
- Cultural depictions of Greta Garbo
- Cultural depictions of Clark Gable
- Cultural depictions of Katharine Hepburn
- Cultural depictions of W. C. Fields
- Cultural depictions of Charlie Chaplin
- Cultural depictions of Mae West
- Films about actors
- Animated films set in Los Angeles
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