Susie, the Little Blue Coupe

Name: Susie, the Little Blue Coupe
Director: Clyde Geronimi
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 1952
Duration: 8 min
Cast: Sterling Holloway, Stan Freberg, June Foray

1952 Animation Comedy 8 minutes Directed by Clyde Geronimi

About Susie, the Little Blue Coupe

Susie, a small blue coupe, is bought off a showroom floor by a well-off man who then lets her wear out. When a mechanic says she needs a full overhaul, he leaves her. A second owner, in a rougher part of town, parks her on the street. She is stolen, chased by the police, wrecked, and dumped in a junkyard. A young man buys the wreck and, with his friends, rebuilds her as a hot rod.

Cast & crew

More about Susie, the Little Blue Coupe

Clyde Geronimi directed the short for Walt Disney. RKO Radio Pictures released it on June 6, 1952. Bill Peet wrote the story, and Peet and Don DaGradi adapted it. Paul J. Smith wrote the music. Sterling Holloway narrates.

Themes

A new car left to rust
A theft and a junkyard
A hot-rod rebuild
blue coupe
showroom
used-car lot
police chase
junkyard
hot rod

Music

Paul J. Smith wrote the score. Sterling Holloway narrates.

Notes

Stan Freberg speaks the junk dealer and a college kid. Clark Lagerstrom speaks Maniac Martin. Bob Jackman supplies other voices.
The cars' eyes are drawn on the windshields. Later writing on Pixar's Cars cites that design.
The short is a bonus on the DVD of The Love Bug, on The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, and on It's a Small World of Fun, Volume 2.

Scenes

After the police chase, Susie is left wrecked in a junkyard until a young man buys her.
His friends rebuild the coupe and she drives off as a hot rod.

Influenced

Cars (2006)

Also available

Internet Archive (SusieTheLittleBlueCoupe1952)
Wikimedia Commons (Susie the Little Blue Coupe (no audio).webm)
The Love Bug (DVD bonus)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (DVD bonus)
It's a Small World of Fun, Volume 2 (DVD)