Strife With Father
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Warner Bros.
Synopsis
Two proper, English sparrows find a foundling egg, and hatch it... into Beaky Buzzard. Monte teaches Beaky to hunt for chickens. The adopted bird and the prey are fighting, and Monte Sparrow yells "Strike him, strike him!" but things go awry when Monte keeps getting hit and a grenade is involved in the end.
Characters
Beaky Buzzard, Monte Sparrow, Gwendolyn Sparrow, Chicken
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Robert McKimson
Producing
- Producer
- Edward Selzer
Writing
- Writer
- Warren Foster
Voices
- Voice
- Mel Blanc (Beaky Buzzard, Narrator, Monte Sparrow - shouting "Give it to him"), Marian Richman (Evelyn Sparrow [uncredited])
Music
- Music
- Carl Stalling
Animation
- Animator
- Emery Hawkins, Charles McKimson, Phil DeLara, John Carey, Rod Scribner
- Layouts
- Cornett Wood
Art Department
- Backgrounds
- Richard H. Thomas
Production notes
The final appearance of Beaky Buzzard.
A spoof of the 1947 movie "Life with Father." The sparrows are caricatures of Ronald Colman and Benita Hume.
Soundtrack: "What's the Matter with Father? (He's All Right)," Music by Egbert Van Alstyne; "Rock-a-Bye Baby," Music by Effie I. Canning; "Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)," Music by Juventino Rosas; "Arkansas Traveler," Music by Sanford Faulkner; "Chicken Reel," Music by Joseph M. Daly.
A spoof of the 1947 movie "Life with Father." The sparrows are caricatures of Ronald Colman and Benita Hume.
Soundtrack: "What's the Matter with Father? (He's All Right)," Music by Egbert Van Alstyne; "Rock-a-Bye Baby," Music by Effie I. Canning; "Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)," Music by Juventino Rosas; "Arkansas Traveler," Music by Sanford Faulkner; "Chicken Reel," Music by Joseph M. Daly.
