Hot Noon (or 12 O'Clock For Sure) | |
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Woody Woodpecker series | |
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Directed by |
Paul J. Smith Additional director: Don Patterson (uncredited) |
Produced by | Walter Lantz |
Story by | Homer Brightman |
Voices by |
Grace Stafford Dal McKennon |
Music by | Clarence Wheeler |
Animation by |
Laverne Harding Robert Bentley Gil Turner Additional animation: Ray Abrams Herman Cohen Ken Southworth (all uncredited) |
Studio | Walter Lantz Productions |
Distributed by | Universal International |
Release date(s) | October 12, 1953 |
Color process | Technicolor |
Running time | 6' 11" |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Preceded by | Hypnotic Hick |
Followed by | Socko in Morocco |
Hot Noon (or 12 O'Clock For Sure) is the 51st animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on October 12, 1953, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.
Woody is a piano player at the Old Crow Bar where a beautiful Mexican girl sits atop his piano. Word of Buzz Buzzard coming to town is that he is out to get the sheriff and kill him. It spreads and every sheriff at the Bar gives Woody their badges. The woman still sitting on top of the piano then takes Woody in her arms, strangles him and says, "Es mi hombre magnifico. You are my little sheriff. You will get the bad hombre, no?" She gives him a kiss (totally inappropriate) convincing him to stop Buzz. Then Woody jumps out.
Hot Noon (or 12 O'Clock For Sure) was the first entry in the Woody Woodpecker series directed by veteran animator/director Paul J. Smith, who had worked at the studio as animator for several years. Smith had directed a handful of Lantz "cartunes" by the time this film was released. This is also the only appearance of Buzz Buzzard's brothers, Booze and Bizz Buzzard.