A slick movie director tricks a hayseed horse into becoming a stunt double.A slick movie director tricks a hayseed horse into becoming a stunt double.A slick movie director tricks a hayseed horse into becoming a stunt double.
- Director
- Writers
- Stars
Photos
Stan Freberg
- Charlie Horse
- (voice)
Dave Barry
- Mister Retake
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Michael Maltese(uncredited)
- Tedd Pierce(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHay-dy La Mare is a reference to Hedy Lamarr, Clark Stable to Clark Gable, Jane Bustle to Jane Russell, Terry Goober to Gary Cooper and W. Somer-sault Mayhem to W. Somerset Maugham. Charlie Horse's eyebrow wagging is an imitation of Groucho Marx.
- Quotes
Mister Retake: [to Charlie Horse] You'll be rich! You'll make lots of hay, and that ain't money.
- ConnectionsReferences The Razor's Edge (1946)
- SoundtracksThe Filly with a Twinkle in Her Eye
Written by James Palmer
Featured review
It's a Grand Old Nag is a fine farewell to Bob Clampett's cinema animation career
I've just seen this last theatrical cartoon directed by Bob Clampett, under the name Kilroy, on Thad's Animation Blog. It was made for the B-movie studio Republic and was a pilot of sorts for a new animated series there. It's a Grand Old Nag didn't do well enough for the movie company so Clampett's future would eventually be on television with Beany and Cecil in both puppet and animated form. Here, Charlie Horse dreams of movie star Hay-dy La Mare just as a director from Miracle Pictures ("If it's a good picture, it's a Miracle") picks him for his new film with the leading lady herself. Lots of very funny gags abound of Charlie's turns as a stuntman and his attempts at romancing Hay-dy. The print I saw turned black-and-white partly through but otherwise this was a very enjoyable short. Definitely well worth seeing for Clampett fans.
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- tavm
- Mar 7, 2008
Details
- Runtime8 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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