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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Jack Mercer as Hunky / Spunky (voice)
Dave Fleischer Director
Hunky y Spunky Trailer
United States 24 June 1938
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14 December 1938
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29 April 1938
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08 June 1938
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26 August 1938
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21 December 1938
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24 June 1938
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