The Pink Panther: The Pink Phink (Friz Freleg & Hawley Pratt, 1964, 1/124) is an animated film. Oscar for best animated short film (1964). Someone mysteriously sabotages the plans of a house painter who wants to paint a house blue by painting it pink. Hugs.
This is the first theatrical cartoon released by United Artists since the 1949 releases “Scrappy Birthday” & “Drooler’s Delight” starring Andy 🧒 🐼 Panda, Dizzy 🐶 Dog, Buck 🦫 Beaver, Miranda 👧 🐼 Panda, Woody 🐦 🪵 Woodpecker & Buzz 🦅 Buzzard & the first 🥇 one produced & distributed by Mirisch-Geoffrey-Depatie-Freleng Enterprises for Metro🦁Goldwyn🎞️Mayer🎭 Pictures. Also, happy 100th anniversary to MGM Studios & Happy 60th Birthday to The Pink Panther & Big Nose’s Academy Award winning cartoon debut film!
In the live action films it was a diamond but they created an animated panther for the titles of the film and thanks to the reaction from the audience it was decided to give him a series of shorts to be played in theaters. With this one being his only Oscar winning short