John Henry and the Inky Poo

US (1946): Animated/Short

In this George Pal Puppetoon (production number U5-6), John Henry (voice of Rex Ingram), legendary figure of American folklore, goes to work for the C.&O. Railroad, which, shortly thereafter, buys an automatic steel-driving engine, called the Inky-Poo. John Henry matches his strength against the Inky-Poo, saying that any man can beat a machine because a man has a mind. John Henry wins, but drops at the finish, never to rise again. The choral music background is by the Luvenia Nash Singers. (Les Adams, IMDb)

This film is included in the DVD edition of Jan Trnka's The Emperor and the Nightingale (1946).

· Short Subjects (Cartoons) 1946: Paramount (Puppetoon), George Pal - producer

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