Hunky and Spunky

Hunky and Spunky (1938)

June 24th, 19380h 9min

Animation
53%

Overview

A short film about a mother and her son, she teaches him life skills later on the son gets niked by a man so the young donkey can be his work slave and his mother saves him. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the UCLA Film and Television Archive in 2013.


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