Who Killed Cock Robin?

Synopsis

A new twist on an old nursery rhyme as the criminal bird court attempts to determine who killed Cock Robin as he wooed his love, Jenny Wren. The suspects were a Harpo Marx-like cuckoo, an Edward G. Robinson-inspired sparrow, and a Stepin Fetchit-based Blackbird. In the end however, Robin turned out to not be dead, but merely wounded by Cupid's arrow.

Trivia

• The cuckoo bird would later reappear in Toby Tortoise Returns helping Max Hare.
• The bird suspects are based on Hollywood celebrities of that time, like Stepin Fetchit and Harpo Marx.

Voices

• Billy Bletcher - Judge Owl
• Pinto Colvig - Prosecutor Parrot
• Clarence Nash - Legs Sparrow
• Purv Pullen - Cock Robin's Whistling
• Nick Stewart - Blackbird Suspect
• Martha Wentworth - Jenny Wren

Releases

• Disneyland, episode #3.23: "More About the Silly Symphonies" (television)
• The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.58: "Silly Symphonies Go to the Birds" (television)
• Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies (DVD)

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