Parrotville


Parrotville is a theatrical cartoon series that was featured in the Rainbow Parade series. The series debuted on September 14, 1934 and made its last episode on June 28, 1935. All of the three episodes in the series were featured in the 200 Classic Cartoons Collector's Edition DVD released by Mill Creek Entertainment on October 14, 2008. The series was also featured in the Giant 600 Cartoon Collection DVD pack released by the same company on July 22 the same year.
All three cartoons were directed by Burt Gillett.

Characters

  • Mrs. Perkins - the main character of the series who appeared in every episode. She appears to be an energetic elderly parrot who is friendly to everyone but often gets into bad situations.
  • The Captain - a friend of Mrs. Perkins who appears in all three episodes. In Parrotvile Fire Department, he appears as a fire chief, without his sailor hat, but his design and voice are the same.
  • The Old Folks - a group of elderly parrots. They appeared in only one cartoon, Parrotville Old Folks, where they were invited to a party at their own "Old Folks Home".
  • Black Parrot - a burglar who appeared in Parrotville Post Office. He tries to steal Mrs. Perkins' mail bag. Mrs. Perkins' children were inside the back causing the parrot to almost kidnap him. Matron catches him and traps him in the mail bag, he then sends him on the mail train.
  • Mrs. Perkins' children - two children parrots, a boy and a girl, are being baby-sat by the Captain in Parrotville Post Office. They hid inside the mail bag when the Black Parrot was robbing the post office and were almost kidnapped.

    Filmography

Parrotville Fire Department

The Parrotville Fire Department is a 1934 cartoon directed by Burt Gillett & Steve Muffatti. Produced For RKO Radio Pictures and would be the only time Steve Muffatti would direct a parrotville cartoon.
The Captain is running a Fire Department working on the fire truck ol’ betsy. Meanwhile his colleagues fix a firehose and play a game of poker. Eventually, they a call about a fire downtown and they head off to fight it. There, they battle against the fire but are eventually outmatched and race back to the firehouse. There, they trap the flames inside of the structure until they realize that they set their own building on fire.

Parrotville Old Folks

Parrotville Old Folks is a 1935 cartoon directed by Burt Gillett & Tom Palmer. It was produced for RKO Radio Pictures and would be one of two Parrotville cartoons directing by Tom Palmer.
The Captain is taking a bath when his Goofy-like friend called Omar gets a phone call from Mrs. Perkins stating how their invited to the Old Folks Home. They head there in the snow and get firewood once there to warm-up. Afterwards, they have a dinner with the residents until having a shindig.

Parrotville Post Office

Parrotville Post Office is a 1935 cartoon directed by Burt Gillett & Tom Palmer. It was produced for RKO Radio Pictures and would be the second of two Parrotville cartoons directing by Tom Palmer.
The Captain is working in a Post Office when Mrs. Perkins asks him to take care of her children for a little while. However, while The Captain is talking with her, The children make a mess in his office leading The Captain to tie them up in mail bags. Afterwards, he gets the call from the mail train and rushes to get over there and get the mail. However, before he unpacks it he gets a telegraph stating that ‘The Black Parrot’ is heading his way. He decides to guard the Post Office when he encounters the black parrot himself who ties him up in a mail bags and tries to crack his vault. However, while doing so the children defeat him getting the $10,000 bounty put on him and send him off to State Prison.