Welcome to the whimsical world of Chirpendale, a miniature town entirely inhabited by trained birds! In “Bill and Coo” (1948), a charming love story unfolds between two feathered friends, Bill (a cab driver) and Coo (a singer), as they work together to defend their peaceful town from the evil crow “The Black Menace.”
This one-of-a-kind film features over 100 trained birds performing in miniature sets — a technical and creative marvel that won a Special Academy Award for its innovation and charm.
🎬 Original Title: Bill and Coo
📅 Year: 1948
🌍 Country: USA
🎖️ Award: Honorary Academy Award (1948)
🐦 Starring: George Burton (trainer), over 100 trained birds
🎭 Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
📌 ATAC Categories:
• Animal Action
• Family-Friendly
• Award-Winning Classic
• Vintage Cinema
• Fantasy Miniature Set Design
• Bird Training Showcase
• Romantic Comedy
Whether you’re a fan of vintage cinema, animal performances, or unique film history, Bill and Coo is a delightful and rare gem that continues to charm audiences of all ages.
📌 Tags: full movie, trained birds, family movie, Oscar-winning, bird comedy, classic film, animal actors, 1940s cinema
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This one-of-a-kind film features over 100 trained birds performing in miniature sets — a technical and creative marvel that won a Special Academy Award for its innovation and charm.
🎬 Original Title: Bill and Coo
📅 Year: 1948
🌍 Country: USA
🎖️ Award: Honorary Academy Award (1948)
🐦 Starring: George Burton (trainer), over 100 trained birds
🎭 Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
📌 ATAC Categories:
• Animal Action
• Family-Friendly
• Award-Winning Classic
• Vintage Cinema
• Fantasy Miniature Set Design
• Bird Training Showcase
• Romantic Comedy
Whether you’re a fan of vintage cinema, animal performances, or unique film history, Bill and Coo is a delightful and rare gem that continues to charm audiences of all ages.
📌 Tags: full movie, trained birds, family movie, Oscar-winning, bird comedy, classic film, animal actors, 1940s cinema
https://www.FilmVintage.com
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00:00:00Excuse me. Pardon me. I beg your pardon. Where's the boss? I've got to tell him something.
00:00:06Peace to me, sister.
00:00:12Oh, Mr. Murray, there's some people here to see you.
00:00:15Oh, hello, folks. Will you take a seat? I'll be right with you.
00:00:18Oh, George!
00:00:19Will you bring over those two temperamental actors? I want them to meet their public.
00:00:23We're making a picture with birds.
00:00:25Murder.
00:00:30Here they are, Mr. Murray.
00:00:50Folks, these are the stars of our picture, Bill and Koo.
00:00:53Say, George, don't you think that Koo's makeup is a little heavy around the eyes?
00:00:58I hadn't noticed. Maybe so.
00:01:00Makeup.
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00:01:02Makeup.
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00:01:04Here you are, Mr. Burton.
00:01:06Oh.
00:01:08Oh, aren't they cute?
00:01:09May I feed them?
00:01:10I doubt it. They just came to lunch.
00:01:12Say, George, have you perfected that trick where the bird walks the tightrope carrying the parasol?
00:01:18Oh, I think they've got it.
00:01:19I'd like to see that before the picture starts.
00:01:20Coming right up.
00:01:21Did I understand you to say that a bird walks the tightrope carrying a parasol?
00:01:30Yes.
00:01:31What's wrong with a bird carrying a parasol?
00:01:33Oh.
00:01:40All right, Mr. Murray.
00:01:42The difficult part of this trick, in fact, almost any trick with a bird, is get them in
00:01:46position to do it.
00:01:47Because believe it or not, even in their training, I never touch these little birds with my hands
00:01:51at any time.
00:01:52Now, this first little trick is much more difficult than most people will imagine.
00:01:56These little birds live in trees, crawl around always on solid objects, something they can
00:02:00grip with their feet and hang on with a little curved beak.
00:02:03Teddy always wanted to be a wire walker.
00:02:05I'll show you how good he isn't.
00:02:08He can't walk the top, but he does the next best thing.
00:02:11He crawls along the bottom and gets there just the same.
00:02:14That's very nice.
00:02:15Buddy is a wire walker, but he's a terrible ladder climber-upper, so I give him a head start.
00:02:21The parasol doesn't help any, but it looks a little better.
00:02:26Buddy, turn around and face the bars.
00:02:32That's okay with me.
00:02:33Let's start the picture.
00:02:55Come a little tune, my summer, too.
00:03:04Live a honeymoon, your whole life through.
00:03:13Call your cares, they bring, if you can see.
00:03:18Oh, why the comedy falls true.
00:03:26Whatever.
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00:03:35How do you know?
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00:06:44OF COURSE
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00:06:49IF YOU WANT TO
00:06:50TRAVEL LOCALLY
00:06:51JUST CONSULT
00:06:52OUR HERO BILL
00:06:53HE RUNS
00:06:54THE TOWN'S
00:06:55TAXI COMPANY
00:06:56BILL IS A
00:06:57HARD-WORKING
00:06:58YOUNG CABI
00:06:59WHO IS PUTTING
00:07:00IN LONG HOURS
00:07:01IN ORDER TO
00:07:02SAVE ENOUGH
00:07:03TO ASK HIS
00:07:05SWEETHEART
00:07:06COO TO BECOME
00:07:07HIS WIFE
00:07:08WHO IS THE DAUGHTER
00:07:09OF ONE OF
00:07:10CHIRPENDELL'S
00:07:11WEALTHIEST CITIZENS
00:07:12WHILE BILL
00:07:13THERE'S MARSINGER
00:07:15NOW
00:07:16SHE'S A LITTLE
00:07:17ANNOYED
00:07:18SHE'S JUST ODDED
00:07:19SOME PROVISIONS
00:07:20FROM THE GROCERY
00:07:21STORE AND THE BOY
00:07:22HASN'T DELIVERED
00:07:23THEM AS YET
00:07:24HEY YOU BETTER SEND
00:07:25THOSE BITTLES
00:07:26UP TO MARSINGER
00:07:27SHE'S GETTING
00:07:28BURNED UP
00:07:29THERE HE GOES
00:07:31AND THIS IS
00:07:32THE PORN BROKER
00:07:33ANOTHER ONE OF
00:07:34CHIRPENDELL'S
00:07:35REDEEMING FEATURES
00:07:38BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK
00:07:39DOWN THE MAINSTEP
00:07:4042nd STREET
00:07:41AND BURGWAY
00:07:42AS WE AMBLE DOWN
00:07:45THIS BUSY THOROUGH FAIR
00:07:46WE PASS
00:07:47AMONG OTHER THINGS
00:07:48THE MEAT MARKET
00:07:49WHERE THEY SELL WORMS
00:07:5010 CENTS A LINK
00:07:51AND HERE IS THE
00:07:52PALACIAL
00:07:53CHIRPENDELL THEATER
00:07:54THEY PLAY SOME PRETTY
00:07:57GOOD PICTURES IN THERE
00:07:58HMM
00:08:01I HAVE TO SEE THAT
00:08:02I NEVER DID FIND OUT
00:08:04WHO DONE IT
00:08:05DOWN AT THE END OF THE STREET
00:08:09DOWN AT THE END OF THE STREET
00:08:13IS CHIRPENDELL'S
00:08:14MAIN HOTEL
00:08:15THE RENREST
00:08:16COO'S FATHER OWNS THIS
00:08:18ESTABLISHMENT
00:08:19AS A MATTER OF FACT
00:08:20THERE'S COO GASING OUT
00:08:21OF HER PENTHOUSE NOW
00:08:22SHE'S MOST LIKELY
00:08:23HOPING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE
00:08:24OF BILL
00:08:26BUT HE'S MOST LIKELY
00:08:27BUSY WITH HIS TAXI
00:08:28SURE ENOUGH
00:08:29THERE'S BILL
00:08:30TAKING THE PORN BROKER
00:08:31BACK TO HIS OFFICE
00:08:37UP AT THE END OF THE STREET
00:08:38IS A VILLAGE CHURCH
00:08:39THE WEED KIRK OF THE FEATHER
00:08:41THIS IS WHERE
00:08:42THE LOVEBIRDS ARE MARRIED
00:08:44AND
00:08:45THIS IS WHERE
00:08:46THE MATCHES ARE MADE
00:08:52FOR EVERY LOVE MATCH
00:08:53SHE PUTS ONE IN THE FENCE
00:08:55PETRESS IS A PRETTY SWELL OLD GAL
00:08:57SHE TAKES CARE OF
00:08:58EVERYBODY'S TROUBLES IN TOWN
00:09:00INCLUDING THIS YOUNG MAN
00:09:02THAT'S JOHNNY LOOM
00:09:04FOLKS CALL HIM
00:09:05THE VILLAGE IDIOT
00:09:07AS HIS FAVORITE ACTOR
00:09:13JOHNNY IS PECULIAR
00:09:14BUT PETRESS SAYS
00:09:15THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HIM
00:09:16EXCEPT THAT HE CAME OUT
00:09:17OF A CRACKED AGE
00:09:18TOWARD THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN
00:09:21WE SEE THE VILLAGE SCHOOL
00:09:22HERE IS WHERE
00:09:24THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS
00:09:25START THEIR EDUCATION
00:09:26AS SOON AS THEY GET
00:09:27THEIR PIN FEATHERS
00:09:28THEIR TEACHER
00:09:29IS PROFESSOR
00:09:30PLATO SPOONBILL
00:09:31HE TEACHES
00:09:32THAT THE WORLD IS
00:09:33SHAPED LIKE AN AGE
00:09:34SAY THERE GOES
00:09:36THE RECESS BELL
00:09:37LET'S GO OUTSIDE
00:09:38AND SEE WHAT THE KIDS
00:09:39DO FOR RECREATION
00:09:40I'LL BET THE PROC
00:09:43NEEDS A LITTLE RELAXATION
00:09:44HIMSELF
00:09:45AFTER BEING PENNED UP
00:09:46WITH THAT BUNCH OF
00:09:47FLEDGLINGS ALL MORNING
00:09:48YOU KNOW
00:09:49EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE
00:09:50WINGS
00:09:51THEY'RE NOT ALL LITTLE ANGELS
00:09:52BUT I STILL SAY THE WORLD'S
00:09:53NOT SHAPED LIKE AN AGE
00:09:54IT'S ROUND
00:09:55IT'S ROUND
00:09:59WELL
00:10:00RIGHT OR WRONG
00:10:01HOMER IS REALLY UPSET
00:10:02OF COURSE
00:10:31OUR HERO BILL SINGER
00:10:32HAS NO TIME FOR RECREATION
00:10:33HERE HE IS
00:10:34TAKING MISSES FALCON
00:10:35DOWN TO THE HOTEL
00:10:36HER HUSBAND IS THE BIGGEST
00:10:40LAWYER IN TOWN
00:10:41AND THERE'S MR. FALCON NOW
00:10:43ENROUTE TO HIS OFFICE
00:10:44OH HE JUST REMEMBERED
00:10:46HE'S GOT TO STOP BY THE JAIL
00:10:47HE HAS A CLIENT IN THERE
00:10:49AND HERE IT IS
00:10:51ON GUARD OUTSIDE
00:10:53IS THE OLD WARDEN
00:10:54JEB HAWKSHALL
00:10:55JEB IS REALLY ON THE ALERT
00:10:57AS WE LOOK THROUGH THE BARS
00:10:59WE SEE MR. FALCON'S CLIENT
00:11:00HE'S IN THERE
00:11:01FOR PASSING A BUM CHICK
00:11:03AS YOU CAN SEE
00:11:04CHIRPANDALE'S
00:11:05MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS
00:11:06ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF
00:11:08NOT ONLY HAVE THEY A JAIL
00:11:09THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FIREHOUSE
00:11:11AND OF COURSE THEIR OWN POST OFFICE
00:11:21EVEN THE PARK HAS ALL THE MODERN CONVENIENTIES
00:11:23HERE'S THE VERY LATEST THING IN OUTBOARD MOTORS
00:11:26SALLY
00:11:29SALLY
00:11:30YOUR MOTHER'S CALLING YOU
00:11:32NO NOT YOU JOHNNY
00:11:34OH WELL IT'S ALL IN FUN
00:11:39I GUESS THAT'S WHY CHIRPANDALE
00:11:42SEEMS TO BE A LOVELY FATHER UTOPIA
00:11:45WHERE THE FULLNESS OF LIFE
00:11:46CAN BE ENJOYED HAPPILY AND PEACEFULLY
00:11:48A PLACE WHERE EACH INDIVIDUAL
00:11:50CAN LIVE CONTENTLY BESIDE HIS NEIGHBOR
00:11:52SHAPING HIS OWN DESTINY WITH FREEDOM FROM FEAR
00:11:56BUT CAN HE?
00:11:58NO
00:11:59THE HEAVY FOOTSTEPS OF EVIL ARE EVER LURKING NEARBY
00:12:03CASTING ITS DARK MALIGNANT SHADOW OVER THE SMALL METROPOLIS
00:12:07THIS SINISTER ENEMY WHO HAS VIOLATED EVERY LAW OF DECENCY
00:12:11STRIKES TERROR INTO THE GENTLE INHABITANCE OF CHIRPANDALE
00:12:14AND HIS NAME IS ONLY SPOKEN IN FEARSOME WHISPERS
00:12:17HE IS CALLED THE BLACK MENACE
00:12:20THROUGHOUT THE AGES HE AND HIS KIND HAVE PRAID
00:12:30ON THE FRIENDLY LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE WOOD
00:12:32DESPOILING THEIR NESTS, STEALING THEIR EGGS
00:12:35AND CARRYING OFF THEIR YOUNG
00:12:37HE MOCKS AND SNEERS TO SHOW HIS CONTENT FOR THE FORCES OF JUSTICE
00:12:41BUT CHIRPANDALE IS NOT ASLEEP
00:12:44NOT TOO FAR AWAY IN A SECLUDED SPOT
00:12:47THE CITIZENS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BILL SINGER
00:12:49ARE WORKING ON OPERATION SCARE CROW
00:12:52EVERY DAY AFTER WORK YOU'LL FIND BILL TOILING DILIGENTLY WITH HIS NEIGHBORS
00:12:56TO BRING ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BLACK MENACE
00:12:59IN ADDITION BILL HAS WORKED MANY NIGHTS DEVELOPING A NEW BAIT WITH A SECRET FORMULA
00:13:03HEY CHARLIE PUSH THAT WAGON OUT OF THE WAY
00:13:06I WANT TO SHOW THESE FOLKS FORMULA 303
00:13:08THERE IT IS
00:13:10SUREFIRE CROW BAIT
00:13:12OF COURSE HAVING A BAIT IN A TRAP IS ONE THING
00:13:15BUT CATCHING THE BLACK MENACE IS ANOTHER
00:13:18BECAUSE BELIEVE ME
00:13:19HE'S A CRAFTY TOUGH OMPRE
00:13:26BUT FOR THE MOMENT LET'S TURN OUR THOUGHTS TO LIGHT A THING
00:13:30FOR THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR MORBID FEARS
00:13:32IT'S A DAY FOR LAFTER AND GATING
00:13:35THE STARLING BROTHERS CIRCUS IS IN TOWN
00:13:37THE BIG SHOW IS TOMORROW
00:13:39BUT THE PARADE'S TODAY
00:13:41AND HERE IT COMES UP THE STREET NOW
00:13:43OH WHAT A WONDERFUL PARADE
00:13:58LOOK
00:14:03BABY PARTM
00:14:28THE CIRCUS PERFORMANCE
00:14:33THE PANTHERS
00:14:35AND TIGERS
00:14:37EVERYONE IS DOWN WATCHING THE PARADE
00:14:43THAT IS EVERYONE EXCEPT MAH SINGER
00:14:46AND SHE COULDN'T GO
00:14:47BECAUSE SHE HAD TO WORK
00:14:49THE END
00:15:04THE END
00:15:06Christmas is early this year.
00:15:25And so is Thanksgiving.
00:15:29Oh, no.
00:15:31Not Ben-Hur.
00:15:36What's the matter, buttons?
00:15:55Break them.
00:15:56That's the way the laundry does.
00:16:06Well done, Maw Singer.
00:16:21Your work is finished.
00:16:23But his is just beginning.
00:16:25Well, the day is over, and night has fallen on Sherpendale, with the moon casting its
00:16:39soft, luminous glow over the drowsy little hamlet.
00:16:43Most of the little guys and gals have gone to bed to rest up for the big day at the circus
00:16:47tomorrow.
00:16:47But a few linger on, like these two sweethearts, Bill and Koo.
00:16:54These two kids really have it bad, and it's so natural.
00:16:59For in Sherpendale, love, happiness, and contentment blend together in harmony, like the soft chord
00:17:08of a great composer's masterpiece.
00:17:10The End
00:17:12Come a little to life, love, let's do
00:17:16Live a honeymoon your whole life through
00:17:23Call your care, stay queen
00:17:25Live, you can sing
00:17:29And learn to hear you
00:17:32Every winter day will seem like day
00:17:40And on cloudy nights, you'll find the moon
00:17:46If you try a song, you can't go wrong
00:17:52So why not hum a little too
00:17:57Oh, you can't stay queen
00:18:13If you can sing
00:18:16Good night, Bill
00:18:18So why not hum a little too
00:18:25Of course, Sherpendale hasn't completely rolled up the carpet
00:18:46Up at the end of the street, the circus performers have taken over the juice bar
00:18:50And the joint is really jumping
00:18:52There's one in every town
00:18:59And here is genial Willie the Warbler
00:19:06Our musical maestro of the mahogany
00:19:08You name it, he'll mix it to the rhythm of your favorite tune
00:19:12That's Slippy McCaw
00:19:14He likes his root beer cold and his music hot
00:19:18Hey, banana hot breakfast
00:19:21When every birdie I meet is singing tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet
00:19:28It makes me feel I want a tweet, tweet, tweetie too
00:19:31When I go walking in spring and hear those love birdies sing
00:19:35Then I am sure I need a tweet, tweet, tweetie too
00:19:38Outside my window there's a birdie on a limb
00:19:41And when I see his lady cuddle up to him
00:19:45I get so lonesome and boo
00:19:47I feel like crying boo
00:19:49Because I feel I want a tweet, tweet, tweetie too
00:19:52All the birdies I meet singing tweet, tweet, tweet
00:19:56Chirp, chirp, chirp
00:19:58Better tweet, tweet
00:20:00Walking in spring and I hear the birds singing
00:20:03Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet
00:20:05I got a tweet, tweetie too
00:20:07There's a birdie sitting high on a limb
00:20:10He's got a lady cuddling him
00:20:13Does I feel I want a tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet
00:20:19Somebody hit it, huh?
00:20:40Yes, fortune seems to be smiling on Chirpendale's night
00:20:45As the last of its weary citizens prepare to call it a day
00:20:48When suddenly, out of the night, without warning
00:20:52The Black Menace strikes
00:20:55Cold terror grips the populace as it searches the sky with fearsome eyes
00:21:05The civilian patrol is on the alert and rushes to his post to spread the alarm
00:21:09The heavy drone of dark wings drowns out the lighter tunes of gaiety
00:21:15As the macabre shadow of the Black Menace dances over the main street of Chirpendale
00:21:19One by one, the lights go out
00:21:24In the darkness, the panic-stricken figures seek shelter from the awesome terror overhead
00:21:29Theatergoers, who but a few moments before were enjoying their favorite entertainment
00:21:34Rushed from the building hurriedly, but orderly, into their underground places of protection
00:21:40As the last one leaves, the lights go out
00:21:43Each taking his turn as they go into the dugout
00:21:46And thankful that they had made preparation for such a night as this
00:21:50Huddled in the dark underground, wondering what will happen to them
00:21:55And wondering if their loved ones are in danger
00:21:59Will they be safe from this death in the sky?
00:22:03The warden makes a dash for the dugout to calm the fears of those under his protection
00:22:09Well, this is it
00:22:13The two night watchers keeping their lonely vigil
00:22:16Give a final shriek of warning
00:22:18Alone with fear clutching her heart
00:22:34Coo casts a wary eye on this monster
00:22:37As his eyes scan the words on the trap door
00:22:55Other eyes scan the black menace
00:22:57In the shelter, the townspeople huddle mutely with blanched faces and taut muscles
00:23:05Stunned by this bold impertinence
00:23:13He turns to wreak vengeance with acts of vandalism
00:23:16As the night watch follows his every move
00:23:18Cautiously, he eyes the streetcar
00:23:21What is this strange contraption?
00:23:24A booby trap?
00:23:25Deep under the ground, there is a deathly quiet
00:23:27With slow measured tread, the dark invader stalks toward the next objective of his fury
00:23:35The Renrest Hotel
00:23:37Inside his evil mind, a crafty plan is taking shape
00:23:43His sadistic brain is working furiously
00:23:45When suddenly a fiendish inspiration possesses him
00:23:49He is going to use the greatest of all destructive forces
00:23:53Fire!
00:23:55Seeking to put his plan into operation
00:24:02His sharp eye fastens on the picket railing in front of Beatrice Fairfetch's house
00:24:06The match fence
00:24:08Ironically, what seemed to her an innocent, humorous display of a vocation
00:24:12Now becomes an instrument of death and destruction
00:24:17Having the match in his possession, he dashes for the hotel
00:24:29Holding his fiery torch, he goes to the rear of the hotel
00:24:41And drops it in a pile of rubbish
00:24:43With his dastardly deed done
00:24:46The Black Menace takes for cover
00:24:49The Black Menace takes for cover
00:25:19The first to arrive at the scene is the hook and ladder.
00:25:41But this is a three-alarm fire,
00:25:43and all volunteer firemen are called to duty.
00:25:45Awaken from his sleep, Bill Singer dresses quickly and rushes out into the night,
00:25:50makes his way to the firehouse,
00:25:52just as the fire chief slides down the pole and takes his place on the pump.
00:26:00Bill, grasping the tongue of the engine, starts out.
00:26:05To the clang of bells and the shriek of sirens,
00:26:08Bill surges forward on his mission of mercy.
00:26:15The hotel is now a burning inferno,
00:26:21but our hero grabs the hose and rushes in.
00:26:25Somewhere within this blazing furnace,
00:26:27Bill Singer is chopping through doors and walls
00:26:30to smother the flames with his torrent of water.
00:26:33And he is successful.
00:26:34Bill is getting the fire under sufficient control
00:26:36to allow the guests to make a dash from the entrance.
00:26:40Our singer, worried, rushes to the scene.
00:26:42Bill Singer, of course, is the last to leave the building,
00:27:05convinced that all are safe.
00:27:06But he is mistaken,
00:27:08for trapped on the top floor is a sweetheart coo.
00:27:11Stunned for a moment,
00:27:12Bill hurriedly talks things over with the chief.
00:27:14What to do?
00:27:15But there is no time to waste,
00:27:17for up there is the woman he loves.
00:27:20The decision is made.
00:27:21Up, up, up goes the tall ladder.
00:27:24Coo looks hopefully through her window,
00:27:26fully confident that her man will not fail her.
00:27:29As the ladder reaches the edge of the roof,
00:27:31Bill starts his perilous climb.
00:27:34The crowd below watches breathlessly.
00:27:36Step by step,
00:27:38Bill climbs up, up, up, and up
00:27:40to the woman he loves.
00:27:52Below, the sound of crashing glass
00:27:54tells him that Bill Singer has broken through.
00:27:56Mars Singer is thrilled and happy
00:28:03at a brave son's daring rescue,
00:28:05but not so with a black menace.
00:28:08He glares with hatred at his nemesis
00:28:10with a check tie.
00:28:12Our hero and his loved ones are congratulated
00:28:14that all have come through safely
00:28:16without loss of life,
00:28:17but there is no happiness
00:28:18in the heart of a black menace.
00:28:20All right, Mr. Checktai,
00:28:23tonight you have foiled me.
00:28:26I will go.
00:28:28But I shall return.
00:28:31I shall return.
00:29:01Hello, folks.
00:29:13This is your announcer, Wingy Chattermount,
00:29:15bringing you an on-the-spot announcement of this gay location.
00:29:18Here in the park,
00:29:19Gilders just helped his fiancée cool into the balloon.
00:29:22And listen to that crowd cheers.
00:29:26I think the celebration is about to begin,
00:29:28so I will now turn the microphone over to his honor,
00:29:31Mayor Gadwell, don't be.
00:29:34All right, folks, gather round.
00:29:37Gather round and join me in song.
00:29:39Ready? One, two.
00:29:41On to the circus, no worry, don't work as we toss our cares away.
00:29:48What if it's proud if the sky's ever clouded on any circus day?
00:29:55We'll drown all our sorrows in sea, glad in the name.
00:29:58Clap at the clouds, don't hooray.
00:30:01Then we'll eat cotton candy, and there's a big candy on circus day.
00:30:08Let's go early, we're up, I'll wait.
00:30:12It's all so gay, let's shout hooray.
00:30:14Come on, be careful.
00:30:19Come on, be careful.
00:30:29Up to the circus, no worry, don't work as we toss our cares away.
00:30:35What if it's proud if the sky's ever clouded on any circus day?
00:30:40leb-t tax, no worry, don't worry.
00:31:02Step right this way, Mo, it's the best you want, Earth.
00:31:05We guarantee you'll get your money's worth.
00:31:09Colossal, sensational.
00:31:12Man-eating tigers and freaks.
00:31:16Panthers, gargantulas, chipmunks and bears.
00:31:19Birds that blow bugles and monkeys in pairs.
00:31:23Fill up our yummies.
00:31:24Get pains in your tummy.
00:31:26The Santa Claus.
00:31:36Your attention, please.
00:31:39Hiya, hiya, hiya.
00:31:41Introducing a freak of nature.
00:31:44The only bird in the world that imitates a bugle.
00:31:51And now, on the other side of the midway,
00:31:55presenting a whole Congress of wild and ferocious speech.
00:32:00Collected from the four quarters of the globe.
00:32:03South American polyumers.
00:32:05Oh, gargantulas.
00:32:07Yeah, descended from people, you know.
00:32:09From our nation hearts of enormous expense
00:32:12by the famous Dowling Brothers Circus.
00:32:16South African full-brother jungle,
00:32:18rare lions.
00:32:20Rhyme, bangles.
00:32:21It's not tall, look too can't it.
00:32:22Everybody wants to get the act.
00:32:27The chickadee, the bearded ladybird.
00:32:30Also, the pussy bird.
00:32:33Half cat, half bird.
00:32:35From the waistline up a cat,
00:32:37and from the waistline down the body of a bird.
00:32:40She lives, she laughs, she talks,
00:32:43she breathes the same as you and I today.
00:32:46All right, folks.
00:32:48Hiya, hiya, hiya.
00:32:49Bill and Coe are coming in at the end of the midway.
00:33:01Bill and Coe now coming in.
00:33:03Everybody down to meet Bill and Coe.
00:33:08Look out, Bill.
00:33:10While the folks are welcoming Bill and Coe,
00:33:28let's take a look around.
00:33:30You know, these Starling Brothers have a pretty complete circus.
00:33:32Taking no chances on the local lighting facilities,
00:33:35they have brought along their own power plant.
00:33:37That's the engineer, Charlie Chinchilla.
00:33:41Let's see if we can find out how it operates.
00:33:43Hey, Shorty,
00:33:44will you show the folks how the generator works?
00:33:46Well, that was very good.
00:34:05What's up now, Shorty?
00:34:09Oh, alternating character.
00:34:11In addition, they also have their own Wild West show.
00:34:20Here we see a lovely daughter of the noble Red Man,
00:34:23Princess Parakeetis.
00:34:31Say, it sounds like the big show is ready to start.
00:34:34We'd better be getting into the main tent.
00:34:36Step forward to the main tent, boss.
00:34:52Step back, boy, step back.
00:34:54Get back, boy, when you get off the land, boy.
00:34:56All those holding pictures,
00:34:58see, sit inside you, boy.
00:35:00The high band temperature.
00:35:02Don't forget, ring number one.
00:35:04As you can see,
00:35:06all Chirpandale has turned out for the circus.
00:35:09Even Ma Singer has arranged to go.
00:35:11She's advertised for a babysitter.
00:35:14There comes one now,
00:35:15a high school girl.
00:35:23Well, come on, start sitting.
00:35:26Come on.
00:35:26Come on.
00:35:27Come on.
00:35:27Come on.
00:35:28Come on.
00:35:28Come on.
00:35:29Come on.
00:35:30Come on.
00:35:31Come on.
00:35:32Come on.
00:35:33So excited, she forgot to take her apron off.
00:35:38The audience are all in their seats.
00:35:41Uh-oh.
00:35:42There's always one of these guys.
00:35:45And the funny part is,
00:35:46they always find a seat.
00:35:49Well, just don't sit there.
00:35:51Move over.
00:35:53Take some and leave some.
00:35:54Bill and Koo enter their private box.
00:36:02Oh, not here, Bill.
00:36:04And the first act,
00:36:06Barrel House Egbert.
00:36:07Hurry up, Ma.
00:36:18The show has already started.
00:36:21Put your money up there.
00:36:24All right, bud.
00:36:25We're watching you.
00:36:26What is material?
00:36:26Hey, there's one more.
00:36:40Go ahead and do the last one.
00:36:43This is what they call rolling your own.
00:36:53And there's Ma Singh,
00:37:14having the time of her life.
00:37:15And now, the three-ring circus has started.
00:37:35In the middle ring is the weightlifter.
00:37:40In the number two ring,
00:37:42the bareback rider.
00:37:44Fine place to take a bed.
00:37:47Oh, well, the manager told him to clean up his act.
00:37:51And in the third ring,
00:37:53a few stunts on the horizontal bar.
00:37:54Here's the only bird in the world
00:38:19that stands on his head.
00:38:20He started out to be a flagpole sitter,
00:38:26but switched.
00:38:27He's now a funnel upender.
00:38:41At the other end of the tent,
00:38:43the jugglers.
00:38:50Look, Ma, no hands.
00:39:03And now, Hercules Hornbill, strong man.
00:39:08Come on, Hercules.
00:39:09Show the folks how strong you are.
00:39:11Pull the elephant down by the trunk.
00:39:14Now put him back up.
00:39:15Now go around the back
00:39:18and pull him down on his valise.
00:39:21Come on, Hercules, pull.
00:39:25Now make him lie down.
00:39:30Come on, Hercules, you can do it.
00:39:36Now go around and make him roll over.
00:39:43Oh, all the way over.
00:39:44Now set him back on his feet.
00:39:47He only weighs 20 times as much as you do.
00:39:51That's it.
00:39:52Now jump up and take a bow.
00:39:57And next,
00:39:58the Wild West Show.
00:40:03Cowboy.
00:40:04Cowboy.
00:40:04Cowboy.
00:40:14An Indian.
00:40:26Chief Thundercloud.
00:40:34Coming out of chute 10.
00:40:37Dynamite.
00:40:37Never been ridden.
00:40:38Scores still stand.
00:40:50And now,
00:40:51the revolving nutcrackers.
00:40:54These boys really climbed the ladder to success.
00:40:57Here is a study in perfect balance
00:40:59with the birds providing their own locomotion.
00:41:01Not much.
00:41:15You see here is a study down.
00:41:25Here is a study in the forest.
00:41:26And now the same two boys doing the same trick
00:41:45after somebody spiked their bird seed.
00:41:56Don't get off.
00:42:19Look out.
00:42:26Your attention, please.
00:42:30And now the world's champion motorcycle rider, Cannonball Twitchit,
00:42:35will attempt to break the world's record of 150 miles an hour
00:42:40right before your very eyes.
00:42:43Here he is.
00:42:45Cannonball Twitchit.
00:42:47All right, Cannonball, let's go.
00:42:53There he goes.
00:42:555, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100,
00:43:101, 5, 1, 10, 1, 15.
00:43:13But the audience is going wild.
00:43:141, 35, 1, 40, 1, 45, 1, 50.
00:43:19He did it.
00:43:20Thank you, Cannonball Twitchit.
00:43:25There's you, Cannonball Twitchit.
00:43:29Oh, something's gone wrong.
00:43:30Cannonball can't stop that motorcycle.
00:43:32Hold on, Cannonball.
00:43:33Hold on.
00:43:34We'll have to get on with the show.
00:43:40The somersault is one of the most difficult tricks for a bird to perform.
00:43:44Montgomery, after months of practice, learned to do this trick.
00:43:47The only reason he's preparing so much is that he doesn't want to fall off the mat.
00:43:50He's never fallen off in his entire career.
00:43:56Oh, well, there's always a first time.
00:43:58He's even got the cat doing it.
00:44:19Thanks, Derek.
00:44:20Drop along in Featherby.
00:44:23Acrobats.
00:44:23This is drop along, showing how to do a flip from the horizontal bar.
00:44:30He's doing this as a warm-up for his partner.
00:44:33And this is Featherby, star of the team.
00:44:35And here is Shorty, who handles the rigging.
00:44:50He believes that one good turn deserves another.
00:44:52The Purple and the Purple and the Purple in Featherby is not a big time.
00:44:57Oh, well, there's always a great race.
00:44:59No, there's always a great race.
00:45:00Then he's going to get on with it.
00:45:01The final race is forever.
00:45:01And here is the King, who enjoys it.
00:45:03The Purple and the Purple and the Purple in Featherby.
00:45:04And here is the King.
00:45:04The End
00:45:34And now our prima donna, Tilly Tittwillow, on the Roman rings.
00:45:56The young lady enters the center ring and climbs hand over hand up the rope.
00:46:04This guy has the softest job in the circus.
00:46:14He got it by pulling a few strings.
00:46:16Tilly is taking her time to see that her grip on the rings is just right.
00:46:46And I can't blame her.
00:46:48One slip would be fatal.
00:46:49After all, there's no net down there.
00:46:57Oh, she's still having trouble with that right ring.
00:46:59Here we go.
00:47:02Oh, she's still having trouble with that ring.
00:47:18Oh, look, Cannonball is running out of gas.
00:47:41I'll bet Cannonball is plenty dizzy after that ride.
00:47:45He sure is.
00:47:48He's even got me doing it.
00:47:53And now the sensational Iron John!
00:47:57Iron John!
00:48:01Iron John!
00:48:03Iron John!
00:48:05Iron John!
00:48:06Iron John!
00:48:07Iron John!
00:48:07Iron John!
00:48:09Iron John!
00:48:10Iron John!
00:48:11Iron John!
00:48:12Iron John!
00:48:13Iron John!
00:48:14Iron John!
00:48:15Iron John!
00:48:16Iron John!
00:48:17Iron John!
00:48:18Iron John!
00:48:19Iron John!
00:48:20Iron John!
00:48:21Iron John!
00:48:22Iron John!
00:48:23THE END
00:48:53Attention everyone! Attention! Please keep your seats! Everyone, please remain in your seats! It's probably just the carrier pigeon coming in with the mail! Someone turn down those house lights and we'll go on with the show!
00:49:17No! I tell you there is nothing to worry about!
00:49:22Maybe not, but I think we'd better take a look around town!
00:49:26Yes, there is something to worry about! With the entire population of Chirpendale gathered under that big tent and in danger of being trapped? If only there was some way to warn them!
00:49:36But there's no one in town! I'm wrong! There's Johnny Lou! Now, if only his pixelated little mind can grasp the importance of this situation! And I think it has!
00:49:48Johnny, mounted on a faithful steed of knotty pine, gallops off to spread the alarm! But can he evade this monstrous enemy as he slowly treads the main street in search of his prey? Uh-oh!
00:50:02Taking no chances, Johnny races up the side street as the black menace turns and slowly retraces his steps to make sure he has overlooked nothing!
00:50:12Johnny, keeping close to the buildings, stealthily makes his way back and slips into the theater lobby just in the nick of time!
00:50:23As the big bully walks slowly by, Johnny shrinks back into the shadows!
00:50:29Don't move, Johnny! The slightest noise and you'll be a dead pigeon!
00:50:33Go ahead, Johnny! Go ahead! Make a dash for it!
00:50:41Who called this little fellow an idiot?
00:50:44Did he hear something?
00:50:48Don't let him catch you, Johnny! Spread the alarm!
00:50:51But back under the canvas top, true to the tradition of show folks everywhere, the performers carry on as if nothing had happened!
00:51:05Here we see Bertha Backslider climbing up to do her death-defying thriller!
00:51:09All eyes are glued tensely on this daring young lady as she reaches for the hook and starts the slide for life!
00:51:28She takes her well-deserved bow in front of the royal box!
00:51:40But where is Johnny Loon?
00:51:41Still the performance goes on with Smokey Hazard, the Firebird!
00:51:56The Firebird!
00:51:57The Firebird!
00:51:59The Firebird!
00:52:04The Firebird!
00:52:09Hurry Johnny! Hurry!
00:52:21Hurry, Johnny, hurry.
00:52:25The crow is coming.
00:52:28Why'd they be hearing right?
00:52:34What was Johnny shouting?
00:52:35The crow is coming.
00:52:42As the full impact of this fearsome message strikes the audience,
00:52:49a wave of frenzy sweeps over the vast arena.
00:52:53Where laughter and gaiety had reigned a few moments ago,
00:52:55there is nothing but chaos and pandemonium.
00:52:58The hysterical mob surges toward the exit,
00:53:01but escape is hopeless as the black menace blocks their way.
00:53:08Terror-stricken, they paw back into the canvas enclosure.
00:53:14Hey, wait for me.
00:53:16The animals have been aroused from their lethargy.
00:53:20Even the fox is all in.
00:53:25While the dark felon takes time to enjoy his sinister victory,
00:53:29Bill's mind is working fast.
00:53:31He realizes that their only hope of averting disaster
00:53:33is to put Operation Scarecrow into action.
00:53:36But dare he try it alone?
00:53:39Faced with the most important decision of his entire life,
00:53:42Bill weighs the chances of his plan succeeding
00:53:44as confusion and hopelessness grip the villagers.
00:53:48Bill's mind is made up.
00:53:50He kisses his sweetheart goodbye and goes into action.
00:53:53Impossible to leave by the main entrance,
00:53:55he slips out through a small opening in the side.
00:53:58Cautiously, he makes his way,
00:54:00using the cages as a screen.
00:54:03Watching his chance,
00:54:04he swiftly tiptoes by the black menace.
00:54:08Past his first danger, he knows he must work fast,
00:54:11while the archenemy of Chirpendale,
00:54:13still unaware of Bill's escape,
00:54:15puts fear into the hearts of his hapless capital.
00:54:20This boy is really scared.
00:54:25Who tries bravely to keep up our courage
00:54:27as the imminence of danger lends wings to Bill's feet?
00:54:30He'll need his taxi to speed up his plan,
00:54:47and secret formula 303.
00:54:50Time is the most important element,
00:54:52and he must make the most of it.
00:54:54Now, if it will only work.
00:55:02As the master plan begins to unfold,
00:55:05the black menace still parades his arrogance
00:55:07with a triumphant stride.
00:55:10Keep down there, bud.
00:55:13But how can he attract the crow's attention?
00:55:16Bill's mind is working furiously.
00:55:18Ah, an idea strikes him.
00:55:22Back under the tent,
00:55:23who vainly tries to comfort the unhappy creatures?
00:55:26As Bill, taking his life in his hands,
00:55:28decides to shoot off this ancient cannon
00:55:30to attract the black menace,
00:55:32will it blow up in his face?
00:55:39To make doubly sure,
00:55:40Bill reloads and fires it again.
00:55:42He's gone.
00:55:50He's gone.
00:55:51Let's get out.
00:55:52Inspired by the brave leadership of Bill Singer,
00:55:55the townspeople cast their fears aside
00:55:57and join in the chase.
00:56:00With the first step of his strategy accomplished,
00:56:02Bill starts back for his taxi
00:56:04as the black menace comes toward town.
00:56:08He's on his way
00:56:09toward Operation Scarecrow.
00:56:12What's he stopping for?
00:56:15Oh, he wants to be sure of the crow's season.
00:56:18Look out, Bill.
00:56:19Look out, he's coming.
00:56:20The End
00:56:25THE END
00:56:55THE END
00:57:26He made it!
00:57:27With a speed of light, Bill opens the bag of bait and climbs out through the rear.
00:57:32The black menace comes to a halt.
00:57:34He spies the bait.
00:57:36But will this crafty demon fall for a trick like this?
00:57:40Bill, not daring to breathe, watches Tatsley.
00:57:43Hoping against hope that after all their effort, this plan will not fail.
00:57:48Will the militia ever come?
00:57:56The black menace enters the doorway.
00:57:59Come on, Bill. Come on. Spring the trap.
00:58:02He's done it. He's done it.
00:58:08Yes, after months of preparation, Operation Scarecrow finally paid off.
00:58:13With cries of delight, Bill's friends and neighbors rush in to congratulate him.
00:58:17Once again, he is a man of the hour.
00:58:20But the malignant eyes of the black menace blaze with hatred at his captor.
00:58:23The villagers swarm up over the rustic Bastille, proud of their glorious victory.
00:58:32Proving once again that no matter how small people are, they don't have to be bullied by anyone if they'll just stick together.
00:58:40Well, the circus is packing up and getting ready to move on.
00:58:45And the gaudy caravan is taking its cheer to other places.
00:59:00Naturally, like all true lovebirds, Bill and Coo were married.
00:59:05Coo, in all her bridal splendor, filled with his white tie.
00:59:10His honor, Mayor Bentbeak, performed the ceremony.
00:59:13It was a quiet little wedding.
00:59:15Just a family and a few friends.
00:59:18Of course, Ma Singer was there, wearing the same dress that she was married in years ago.
00:59:25What a thrill when Mayor Bentbeak said,
00:59:28I now pronounce you bird and bird.
00:59:31It's over. It's over.
00:59:34Mr. Singer, please kiss the bride.
00:59:36Oh, Bill. Bill, Bill, don't you're acting like a fool.
00:59:41Oh, that's embarrassing, Bill. Stop now.
00:59:44Please, Bill.
00:59:46Oh, Bill, please.
00:59:47Oh, now you're acting like a fool.
00:59:50Please, Bill.
00:59:51Oh, I was never so embarrassed in my whole life.
00:59:56Oh.
00:59:58Mayor Bentbeak says he can't understand these goings-on.
01:00:02He's perplexed.
01:00:03There's a honeymoon, your whole life's true.
01:00:10Oh, you're acting like a fool.
01:00:15Oh.
01:00:16Oh.
01:00:17Oh.
01:00:17Oh.
01:00:18Oh.
01:00:18Oh.
01:00:18Oh.
01:00:20Oh.