Chicken a la King
A rooster sultan is bored by his harems. A duck strongly resembling Mae West entices him. Her lover arrives, and they do battle; the lovers leave, and the sultan, humiliated, turns to his harem, who beat him up.
From the archive
The 17th of Fleischer's Color Classics series, which competed against Disney's Silly Symphonies. A Mae West-like duck draws the sultan of the chickens into a love triangle. Note that the Cinepack version of this file is in 512K, h.264 format, and while it offers excellent graphics, it will not be compatible with Quicktime and some other viewers. It looks great using vlc under Windows, or Xine under Linux.
Why this is free to watch
Chicken a la King (1937) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Dave Fleischer
- Starring
- Jack Mercer
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