Curtain Razor Explained

Curtain Razor
Director:	I. Freleng
Story:	Tedd Pierce
Animator:	Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross Pete Burness
Layout Artist:	Hawley Pratt
Background Artist:	Paul Julian
Starring:	Mel Blanc Dorothy Lloyd Dave Barry Cliff Nazarro
Music:	Carl Stalling
Producer:	Edward Selzer
Studio:	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor:	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Color Process:	Technicolor
Runtime:	7:16
Language:	English

Curtain Razor is a 1949 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short directed by Friz Freleng.^[1] The short was released on May 21, 1949, and stars Porky Pig.^[2]

Plot

Outside the office of Goode and Korny: Talent Agents, aspiring performers await their auditions. Porky, the agency's producer, presides over the auditions, where various performers showcase their talents, including:

A hen, who performs "Blue Danube" but faces dismissal after a literal interpretation of "laying an egg."
A fox, eager to impress Porky but instructed to wait his turn.
A turtle, purporting to possess a thousand voices, yet failing to meet Porky's expectations.
Bingo the Parrot, Frankie the Rooster, and Al the Duck, presenting a rendition of April Showers, deemed unsuitable for Porky's clientele.
A two-headed man, humorously revealing his janitorial occupation instead of an anticipated sensational act.
J. Fenton Hadding, a dog in a bathing suit, whose eccentric performance involves an elaborate dive from an elevated platform.
Crawford Coo, with a failed pigeon act, and subsequently, a futile attempt at tap dancing.
A shaggy dog, introducing the Itch and Scratch Flea Circus, captivating in concept but failing to impress Porky.

Concluding the auditions, the fox's explosive act, involving the ingestion of hazardous materials, earns Porky's approval, only for the Fox's ghostly return to reveal a fatal flaw in the performance.

Home media

Curtain Razor is available restored on the DVD release and the Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray release of Cats Don't Dance.

Notes and References

Book: Beck . Jerry . Friedwald . Will . Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons . 1989 . Henry Holt and Co . 0-8050-0894-2 . 198.
Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 124–126.