Three Little Pigs (film)

Three Little Pigs
Promotional poster
Directed byBurt Gillett
Based onThe Three Little Pigs
Produced byWalt Disney
Starring
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byFred Moore
Jack King
Dick Lundy
Norm Ferguson
Art Babbitt
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • May 25, 1933 (1933-05-25)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$22,000
Box office$250,000

Three Little Pigs is a 1933 American animated short film released by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett. Based on the fable of the same name, the Silly Symphony won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The short cost $22,000 and grossed $250,000.

In 1994, it was voted #11 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. In 2007, Three Little Pigs was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Three Little Pigs premiered at the Radio City Music Hall as a short subject to Radio City's release of the First National Pictures film Elmer, the Great on May 25, 1933, in New York City.