Three Little Pigs (film)

Three Little Pigs
Promotional poster
Directed byBurt Gillett
Based onThe Three Little Pigs
Produced byWalt Disney
Starring
Music by
Animation byFred Moore
Jack King
Dick Lundy
Norm Ferguson
Art Babbitt[1]
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • May 25, 1933 (1933-05-25)
Running time
8 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$22,000
Box office$250,000

Three Little Pigs is a 1933 animated short film released by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett.[2] Based on the fable of the same name, the Silly Symphony won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The short cost $22,000 and grossed $250,000.[3]

In 1994, it was voted #11 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.[4] In 2007, Three Little Pigs was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Three Little Pigs premiered at the Radio City Music Hall as a short subject to Radio City's release of the First National Pictures film Elmer, the Great on May 25, 1933, in New York City.

  1. ^ "Walt Disney's "Three Little Pigs" (1933) -". cartoonresearch.com.
  2. ^ Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J. B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Disney Editions. pp. 126–129. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.
  3. ^ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3.
  4. ^ Beck, Jerry (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals. Turner Publishing. ISBN 978-1878685490.