One Mother's Family
| One Mother's Family | |
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 Title card | |
| Directed by | Rudolf Ising |
| Produced by | Rudolf Ising Fred Quimby (uncredited) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley (uncredited) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
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Running time | 8 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
One Mother's Family is a 1939 American animated short film directed by Rudolf Ising. It is the oldest MGM cartoon directed by Ising to not be reissued and survive in its original titles.
Plot
A hen takes her children, including a runt rooster chick, off for a walk. The chicks haplessly walk on a road and narrowly avoid running over. The runt falls into a pothole. The hen falls into a pond when she attempts to save the runt from falling in himself.
The hen tries to catch a worm, only to have her cover exposed by the runt and other chicks making noises. The chicks disguise as mushrooms to no avail. The runt hunts a grasshopper and swallows it unknowingly. The grasshopper's resistance causes him to jump uncontrollably and incidentally avoid a hawk. The runt and a skunk beat up the hawk, but end up overwhelming the hen with the skunk's smell.
References
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 53. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ↑ Baxter, Devon (December 19, 2018). "Rudolf Ising's "The Bear That Couldn't Sleep" (1939)". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved October 26, 2026.
- ↑ Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators