The Film Fan

The Film Fan
Short Information
Series:	Looney Tunes
Starring	Porky Pig
Directed by	Robert Clampett
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Uncredited Producer	Raymond Katz
Uncredited Story	Ernest Gee
Animation	Norman McCabe Vive Risto
Uncredited Animators	John Carey Izzy Ellis Dave Hoffman
Sound effects	Treg Brown
Uncredited Voice Characterizations	Mel Blanc Billy Bletcher The Rhythmettes
Uncredited Narrator	Robert C. Bruce
Music	Carl W. Stalling
Release date(s):	December 16, 1939

The Film Fan is a 1939 Looney Tunes short starring Porky Pig.

Plot

While on his way to the grocery store to pick up groceries for his mother, Porky stops by a sign that says that the local movie theater is "Having a kids admitted free day". Porky excitedly runs in and views various spoofs of things such as Newsreels, movie trailers, films, and also the Lone Ranger. But when the usher discovers that a boy disobeyed his mother by coming to the movies (namely Porky), everybody dashes out, causing the theater to deflate.

Availability

• (2004) DVD - Gunga Din
• (2005) DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc Two
• (2017) DVD - The Old Maid
• (2017) DVD - Porky Pig 101, Disc 4
• (2020) Streaming - HBO Max

Censorship

• The redrawn colorized version of this cartoon that aired on Nickelodeon was missing the brief scene of the on-screen news commentator identifying himself as Cold Promise.

Notes

• The short was remade and inspired from the Merrie Melodies short "She Was an Acrobat's Daughter", with the similar premise of a character at a news movie theater finding the right spot to get a good view of the picture; some scenes from that cartoon were rotoscoped.

Gallery

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Lobby Card

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2nd Lobby Card

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Redrawn Colorized Title Card

External Links

• "The Film Fan" at SuperCartoons.net

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