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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 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!"
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.
Malibu Beach Party is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. [1] The short was released on September 14, 1940. [2] The short is a parody of the popular radio comedy series, The Jack Benny Show.
"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:
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.
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.
This short is the first Merrie Melodies short with Mel Blanc voicing characters. The original ending titles have been found on an 8mm VHS. [3] This was one of at least two cartoons depicting an opulent home capable of being quickly disguised as a hovel for purposes of tax evasion. The other was the 1949 Tex Avery cartoon The House of Tomorrow.