Mr. Motto (Porky) is called back from vacation to catch the invisible man.Mr. Motto (Porky) is called back from vacation to catch the invisible man.Mr. Motto (Porky) is called back from vacation to catch the invisible man.
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Sara Berner
- Phone Operators
- (voice)
Danny Webb
- Police Chief
- (voice)
Billy Bletcher
- Invisible Man
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaMel Blanc did a short line as Walter Windshield before Danny Webb resumes the character.
- Alternate versionsThis cartoon was colorized in 1968 by having every other frame traced over onto a cel. Each redrawn cel was painted in color and then photographed over a colored reproduction of each original background. Needless to say, the animation quality dropped considerably from the original version with this method. The cartoon was colorized again in 1990, this time with a computer adding color to a new print of the original black and white cartoon. This preserved the quality of the original animation.
- SoundtracksYou Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
[Plays when the "Starring Porky Pig" title card is shown.]
Featured review
Porky Pig as Mr. Moto
Porky's Movie Mystery (1939)
*** (out of 4)
Fun short from Warner has a mysterious creature known as The Phantom stalking various Hollywood studios. Actors are too scared to act, cameras are being destroyed and all productions have been shut down. It turns out that the Invisible Man is behind all the destruction so it's up to Mr. Moto (Porky Pig) to track him down. This is a pretty fun short from start to finish as we get a lot of winks to previous movies. It's obvious the film is spoofing James Whale's THE INVISIBLE MAN who, at this point, had only been in one movie but a sequel would follow a year after this cartoon. How ironic. The jokes are all pretty good with Porky getting a lot of laughs as Moto but obviously those sensitive to certain politically incorrect humor might not want to watch this. The stutter is still there of course and it makes for plenty of laughs. The scene with the Frankenstein monster being "bullied" into talking was quite funny but the final joke of the film pretty much falls flat.
*** (out of 4)
Fun short from Warner has a mysterious creature known as The Phantom stalking various Hollywood studios. Actors are too scared to act, cameras are being destroyed and all productions have been shut down. It turns out that the Invisible Man is behind all the destruction so it's up to Mr. Moto (Porky Pig) to track him down. This is a pretty fun short from start to finish as we get a lot of winks to previous movies. It's obvious the film is spoofing James Whale's THE INVISIBLE MAN who, at this point, had only been in one movie but a sequel would follow a year after this cartoon. How ironic. The jokes are all pretty good with Porky getting a lot of laughs as Moto but obviously those sensitive to certain politically incorrect humor might not want to watch this. The stutter is still there of course and it makes for plenty of laughs. The scene with the Frankenstein monster being "bullied" into talking was quite funny but the final joke of the film pretty much falls flat.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Oct 20, 2009
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- Runtime7 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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