Solid Ivory

Solid Ivory
Woody Woodpecker series
Directed by	Dick Lundy
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Ben Hardaway Milt Schaffer Heck Allen
Voices by	Ben Hardaway
Music by	Darrell Calker
Animation by	Fred Brunish Lester Kline Grim Natwick Hal Mason Ken O'Brien
Studio	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	August 25, 1947 (U.S.)
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	6' 47"
Language	English
Preceded by	Well Oiled
Followed by	Woody the Giant Killer

Solid Ivory is the 24th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on August 25, 1947, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Synopsis

While playing a game of pool, Woody accidentally loses his cue ball and it rolls into a chicken coop, where it is mistaken for an egg by a chicken. Woody spends the episode's duration getting the cue ball back.

Notes

• The premise of Solid Ivory is similar to The Coo Coo Bird in that Woody winds up losing nearly every confrontation in the short (he does win one near the end). He also loses in Busman's Holiday, Woody's Clip Joint, The Tenant's Racket, Banquet Busters, Real Gone Woody, Bye Bye Blackboard, The Beach Nut, Well Oiled, Shutter Bug, A Lad in Bagdad, What's Sweepin' and Ski for Two.
• The title Solid Ivory is a play on the slang term "solid ivory", coined by Tad Dorgan, which meant someone who was thick-headed, an ignoramus.^[1]

References

• Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1947". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.