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Merrie Melodies is an American animated comedy short film series distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was part of the Looney Tunes franchise and featured many of the same characters. [ 1 ] It originally ran from August 2, 1931, to September 20, 1969, during the golden age of American animation , though it was revived in 1979, with new ...
The Vitaphone Corporation ... Heels is a 1945 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short directed by ... cartoon to open with an updated version of the Merrie Melodies theme.
The tune first appeared in the Merrie Melodies cartoon short Sweet Sioux, released June 26, 1937. [2]Starting with the Looney Tunes cartoon short Rover's Rival released October 9, 1937, an adapted instrumental version of the song's main tune became the staple opening and closing credits theme for the Looney Tunes series, most memorably featuring Porky Pig stuttering "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!"
"Merrily We Roll Along" is a song written by Charlie Tobias, Murray Mencher, and Eddie Cantor in 1935, and used in the Merrie Melodies cartoon Billboard Frolics that same year. It is best known as the theme of Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series since 1936. The first two lines of Cantor's recording are:
As was typically the case with the early entries in the Merrie Melodies series, one purpose of the cartoon was to promote a Warner-owned popular song. The title theme, written by Oscar Levant with lyrics by Irving Caesar, was a 1930 #5 pop hit sung by Nick Lucas and released by Brunswick Records, which had been purchased by Warner Bros. the previous year (Another recording, by the Havana ...
This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1930 and 1939, plus the pilot film from 1929 which was used to sell the Looney Tunes series to Leon Schlesinger and Warner Bros.
Clean Pastures is a 1937 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. [2] The short was released on May 22, 1937. [3] The cartoon gets the title from the Warner Bros.' 1936 film The Green Pastures.
Hamateur Night is a 1939 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery and written by Jack Miller. [1] The short was released on January 28, 1939 and features an early version of Elmer Fudd. [2]