I'm Cold

I'm Cold
Directed by	Tex Avery
Story by	Homer Brightman
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Starring	Daws Butler Tex Avery Grace Stafford[1]
Music by	Clarence Wheeler
Animation by	Ray Abrams Laverne Harding Don Patterson
Layouts by	Raymond Jacobs
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	December 20, 1954 (1954-12-20)
Running time	6 minutes
Language	English

I'm Cold is a 1954 Chilly Willy cartoon directed by Tex Avery[2] and produced by Walter Lantz. It was the first Chilly Willy cartoon directed by Avery.[3] Chilly Willy also got a major redesign by Avery.[4] This cartoon features the debut of Smedley Dog (voiced by Daws Butler in his "Huckleberry Hound" voice), who would appear in later Chilly Willy Shorts.[5]

Summary

Chilly is freezing at his igloo home and burns everything (one log and pages of a book) in his fireplace until he pulls off an ad for a fur factory guarded by Smedley and realizes that warmth is only a visit away.[6][7]

Cast

• Grace Stafford - Chilly Willy
• Daws Butler - Smedley
• Tex Avery - Smedley (yawning)

See also

• The Legend of Rockabye Point (1955)
• Tex Avery

References

1. Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 231. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
2. "THE CANTERVILLE GHOST". filmforum.org. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
3. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
4. "Chilly Willy-"I'm Cold"". Cartoons, Comics & Model Sheets. 28 September 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
5. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "I'm Cold (Walter Lantz Productions)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 19 August 2020.^[dead link‍]
6. "SUPER-8 SOUND CARTOONS". 8mm16mmfilmscollectibles.com/. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
7. "I'm Cold (1954)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

External links

• I'm Cold at IMDb
• Video