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Three Little Pigs

  • 1933
  • Passed
  • 9m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
7.3K
YOUR RATING
Three Little Pigs (1933)
Animal AdventureClassic MusicalHand-Drawn AnimationSlapstickAnimationComedyFamilyMusicalShort

The Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.The Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.The Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.

  • Director
    • Burt Gillett
  • Writers
    • Pinto Colvig
    • Albert Hunter
    • Boris V. Morkovin
  • Stars
    • Billy Bletcher
    • Pinto Colvig
    • Dorothy Compton
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    7.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Burt Gillett
    • Writers
      • Pinto Colvig
      • Albert Hunter
      • Boris V. Morkovin
    • Stars
      • Billy Bletcher
      • Pinto Colvig
      • Dorothy Compton
    • 33User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins total

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    Billy Bletcher
    Billy Bletcher
    • Big Bad Wolf
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Pinto Colvig
    Pinto Colvig
    • Practical Pig
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Dorothy Compton
    • Fifer Pig
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Marcellite Garner
    • Fifer Pig's Giggles
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Mary Moder
    • Fiddler Pig
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Burt Gillett
    • Writers
      • Pinto Colvig
      • Albert Hunter
      • Boris V. Morkovin
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    User reviews33

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    cheeseboy80

    A family classic

    This short is a classic and great fun for the entire family.

    I remember watching Three Little Pigs when I was little, it is great. This is a great short for any age. featuring the classic song ""Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"

    I give The Three Little Pigs 7 out of 10
    8Tashtago

    Different Versions of The Three Little Pigs

    I've seen the second version with the Wolf dressing as a fairy but it is in Japanese and was a gift from my in-laws (my wife is Japanese) to my daughter. It's weird in that it combines the stories of the three little pigs with Little Red Riding Hood with the practical Pig coming to Riding Hood's rescue. This version doesn't have the Jewish Peddler sequence in it. I recently rented another video version which sounds like the one most viewers are commenting on as it does not have the Red Riding Hood sequence. The animation, colour, are excellent and the Wolf is terrifying even as an adult. Something about how Disney drew predators in these early films is extremely effective even today.
    Michael_Elliott

    Classic Disney Short

    Three Little Pigs (1933)

    **** (out of 4)

    Disney's adaptation of the Grimm fairly tale is certainly one of the highlights of their early animated films. The story is pretty simple as three pigs are building a house. The two who builds it out of straw and sticks are free to play around more but the one building with brick has to work even harder. The two lazy pigs think it's quite funny until a wolf shows up and their lack of work comes back to haunt them.

    THREE LITTLE PIGS is certainly one of the best animated shorts from this era of Disney and it's amazing when you think of the fact that when people think of the story, their ideas come from this short and not the Grimm tale. That says quite a bit because the story itself was quite popular before this short but ever since it was released people think of this short when the idea of three little pigs come along. The animation is as great as you'd expect and there's no question that there's a certain flow in the story that just makes it irresistible. Fans of Disney and animation will certainly love and remember this one.
    9utgard14

    "Not by the hair of our chinny-chin-chin!"

    Academy Award-winning Disney short that brings to life the timeless fairy tale of the three little pigs who, as we all know, live in houses made of straw, sticks, and brick. The Big Bad Wolf comes by and does his thing, huffing and puffing. You know what happens next but it's still very entertaining to watch it unfold. It's a wonderful cartoon that was very popular with the Depression-era audience that first saw it and still holds up quite well today. Who doesn't love the classic song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" It's a beautiful-looking cartoon with rich colors and fluid animation. The voice work is terrific and the music score is delightful. It's the premier version of the three little pigs tale, which has been told in countless cartoons over the years. It's a fun short that everybody should see at least once, preferably when they're still young enough to truly appreciate its simple charms.
    10Quinoa1984

    one of the 1930s Disney triumphs

    Well, to start with, what do you say about a cartoon that somehow got its way into The Shining? Well, it's that damn iconic, simply put. I first saw this short many years back, so long ago it was when the Disney channel played, from time to time, 1930s and 40s Disney cartoons at certain times of the morning or day (when kids were at school so, you know, on sick days and such). It stuck with me for the simple reason that, hey, it's the 3 Little Pigs, what kid doesn't know the basic gist of it? The Big Bad Wolf will come to the door, you got to know how to defend against him from getting in.

    "Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin," being one of those lines. But what's so much fun about the short, why I can remember it (and them, there was more than one short I think) was that it kept the song catchy throughout, the animated characters had strong, direct personalities, and I actually felt some danger for those little animated pigs from the Wolf. It's colorful, it's funny, it's a little terrifying in the strange way that a 30s cartoon can get in little moments, and it has persevered due to its message for young and old alike of facing against the odds and the "Big Other" that might try to come down. It's great to find out that the term 'Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf' was used as a line of optimism in the Depression too.

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    • Trivia
      The song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" became an anthem for optimism in the wake of the Depression.
    • Goofs
      In the brick house of a Practical Pig,two paintings with the name "Father" hang at once.One of the paintings depicts a garland of sausages in the form of the letter M,and the other a pig*s thigh.
    • Quotes

      Fifer Pig, Fiddler Pig: Who's there?

      Wolf: I'm a poor little sheep with no place to sleep. Please open the door and let me in.

      Fifer Pig, Fiddler Pig: Not by the hair on our chinny-chin-chin. You can't fool us with that old sheepskin.

    • Alternate versions
      In the original release, the film included a scene in which the Wolf disguises himself as a Jewish peddler. Later releases, from about the 1940s on, featured an alternate version of the scene in which the Wolf is not disguised.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
    • Soundtracks
      Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf
      by Frank Churchill and Ted Sears

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Three Pigs
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Animation Studios
      • Walt Disney Productions
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    • Budget
      • $15,720 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 9m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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