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Henery Hawk is an American cartoon character who appears in twelve comedy film shorts produced in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. His first appearance is in the 1942 theatrical release The Squawkin' Hawk , [ 10 ] which was directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Leon Schlesinger .
Daffy Duck, outraged by the low prize for ducks at the National Poultry Show, disguises himself as a rooster to win the $5,000 prize. However, his plan goes awry when he is mistaken for a chicken and taken home by Henery Hawk. Trapped in a chicken-hawk's house, Daffy's attempts to prove he is a duck only lead to chaos.
The Squawkin' Hawk is a 1942 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. [1] The short was released on August 8, 1942, and is the first to star the young Henery Hawk . [ 2 ] It was animated by Phil Monroe and was written by Michael Maltese , [ 3 ] the latter being his first collaboration with Jones.
The cartoon was released on July 2, 1949, and features Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk and the Barnyard Dawg. [2] It is the first Foghorn Leghorn cartoon featuring Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races", a song that would be featured in every Foghorn Leghorn cartoon following this with the exceptions of A Fractured Leghorn, Of Rice and Hen and Banty Raids.
Henery meets Foghorn, who, seeing the hawk as a potential pawn against the Dawg, convinces Henery that he is a horse, while the Dawg is a chicken, and Henery goes up to the Dawg and bites his tail, causing the Dawg to wake up from his nap in pain. The Dawg grabs Henery and growls at him.
At one point, Henery Hawk, mistaking Foghorn for a chicken, ensnares him in a scheme to procure dinner. Employing subterfuge and misdirection, Foghorn implicates Sylvester as the intended prey, resulting in a succession of farcical incidents involving an egg and Sylvester's exaggerated response.
Hawks's third film of 1952 was a contribution to the omnibus film O. Henry's Full House, which includes short stories by the writer O. Henry made by various directors. [63] Hawks's short film The Ransom of Red Chief starred Fred Allen, Oscar Levant and Jeanne Crain. [64]
Fletcher Hanks, Sr. (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) was an American cartoonist from the Golden Age of Comic Books, who wrote and drew stories detailing the adventures of all-powerful, supernatural heroes and their elaborate punishments of transgressors.