Hold That Pose

Hold That Pose
Directed by	Jack Kinney
Story by	Dick Kinney Milt Schaffer
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Pinto Colvig Jimmy MacDonald
Music by	Paul Smith
Animation by	John Sibley Ed Aardal Hugh Fraser Jack Boyd
Layouts by	Al Zinnen
Backgrounds by	Ed Levitt
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	November 3, 1950 (1950-11-03)
Running time	6:49
Country	United States
Language	English

Hold That Pose is a 1950 American animated cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.^[1] The film's plot centers on Goofy trying to get a job as a wildlife photographer but ending up causing trouble in a grizzly bear's pen at a zoo. This is Humphrey the Bear's debut appearance.

Plot

The narrator shows Goofy taking on photography. Goofy goes to a store to get some cameras and in his basement goes to unload them and insert the film. The narrator explains that there are two types of film: roll film and cut film. When Goofy gets the film all loaded in, the narrator says that he should pick a task such as wildlife watching. Goofy goes to the grizzly bear habitat at a zoo to photograph Humphrey the Bear. Slight gags show Goofy to be an inept photographer, waking Humphrey up, putting a cape over Humphrey's head, taking pictures right in his face, and creating a small volcano that blows up on Humphrey. The last straw comes when Goofy takes a picture of Humphrey's dinner with his family. The angered bear chases Goofy out of the zoo, across town, through a stage and back to Goofy's apartment via a taxi (with Humphrey as the driver). The bear chases Goofy up the stairs, and finally into Goofy's apartment and closet where Goofy is mauled. However, Humphrey calms down after Goofy shows him his pictures, and when Humphrey goes on vacation he takes them with himself to show them to tourists.

Home media

The short was released on December 2, 2002, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy^[2] and on the "Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites Starring Goofy" Volume 3.

See also

• Rugged Bear
• Grin and Bear It
• Bearly Asleep
• Beezy Bear
• Hooked Bear
• In the Bag

References

1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 86–87. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. "The Complete Goofy DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

External links

• Hold That Pose at IMDb