I Wanna Be a Sailor

Cartoon

A mother parrot in a cage is teaching her three children to say, "Polly want a cracker." The first two kids, Patrick and Patricia, do so after some effort, but Peter boldly refuses, pointing at a framed photo of his dad he states, "I don't want a cracker! I wanna be a sailor, like me pop."

Movie Info

Directed by: Fred Avery
Story by: Ben Hardaway
Produced by: Leon Schlesinger

Starring: Mel Blanc, Elvia Allman, Billy Bletcher, Bernice Hansen, Robert Wrinkler
Music by: Carl W. Stalling
Animation by: Paul Smith, Virgil Ross, Sid Sutherland, Elmer Wait, Irven Spence

Layouts by: Griff Jay
Backgrounds by: Art Loomer
Color process: Technicolor

Production company: Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Release dates: September 25, 1937 (Original release), April 30, 1949 (Blue Ribbon re-release)

Running time: 7 minutes
Language: English
Country: United States

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