Dumb-Hounded

Dumb-Hounded
Dumb-Hounded
	Poster
Directed by	Tex Avery
Written by	Rich Hogan
Produced by	Fred Quimby
Starring	Bill Thompson; Frank Graham; (both uncredited)
Music by	Scott Bradley
Animation by	Ed Love; Irven Spence; Ray Abrams; Preston Blair; (all uncredited);
Layouts by	Irvin Levine; Bernard Wolf; (both uncredited)
Backgrounds by	John Didrik Johnsen (uncredited)
Production; company	MGM Cartoons
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 20, 1943;
Running time	8:00
Country	United States
Language	English

Dumb-Hounded is a 1943 American animated short film directed by Tex Avery and written by Rich Hogan. It was the first cartoon to feature Droopy.^[1] The film was released on March 20, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.^[2]

Plot

A wolf escapes from Swing Swing Prison (a parody of Sing Sing Prison). Many bloodhounds are freed to search for him, but one of them, Droopy, remains behind, greets and informs the audience that he is the hero of the story. He initially moves very slowly, but he still quickly finds the wolf who tries to escape from Droopy throughout the picture. At one point, he even flees away from Droopy by boarding a taxi, a train, a ship, and an aircraft.^[3] However, everywhere he flees, Droopy pops up and sarcastically greets the wolf. When the wolf asks Droopy how he is able to keep up, Droopy laconically responds “Let’s not get nosy, bub.”

Ultimately, Droopy ends the pointless chase by dropping a huge boulder on the wolf's head and crushing him. He also informs the audience that he knows it's gruesome. When Droopy receives his reward, he jumps about in complete enthusiasm, only to pause and inform the audience, "I'm happy".

Voice cast

Bill Thompson as Droopy
Frank Graham as Killer, Mayor (uncredited)

Crew

Directed by: Tex Avery^[4]
Written by: Rich Hogan^[4]
Animation: Ray Abrams, Preston Blair, Ed Love, Irven Spence^[4]
Character Design: Irvin Levine
Layout: Irvin Levine, Bernard Wolf
Backgrounds: John Didrik Johnsen
Film and Sound Editor: Fred McAlpin
Music: Scott Bradley
Co-Producer: William Hanna
Produced by: Fred Quimby

Legacy

Northwest Hounded Police (1946) features Droopy and the Wolf character in a similar set-up. Again, the Wolf flees from Droopy, who keeps popping up in unexpected places.
In the early 2000s a Cartoon Network short Thanks a Latté features Droopy and the Wolf character in a nearly-similar set-up; where he works at a coffee shop and forces a stingy wolf into giving him a tip when the wolf leaves the shop without paying for his latte.
In 2020, Dumb Hounded was released and digitally restored on the Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 Blu-Ray by Warner Archive.

References

^ "Dumb-Hounded". IMDB. March 20, 1943. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ "Dumb-Hounded". Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939–1945. McFarland. 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Place-Verghnes, Floriane (2006). Tex Avery : a unique legacy, 1942-1955. Internet Archive. Eastleigh, UK : John Libbey Pub. ISBN 978-0-86196-919-7.

External links

Dumb-Hounded at IMDb

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[IMDB_explanation-1] "Dumb-Hounded". IMDB. March 20, 1943. Retrieved January 5, 2014.

[2] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

[Google-3] "Dumb-Hounded". Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939–1945. McFarland. 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2014.

[:0-4] Place-Verghnes, Floriane (2006). Tex Avery : a unique legacy, 1942-1955. Internet Archive. Eastleigh, UK : John Libbey Pub. ISBN 978-0-86196-919-7.

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