Bugs Bunny & Co.: Warner Bros. Cartoons I

Viewed at Orion, Helsinki, 11 Sep 2005.

Ride Him, Bosko! US 1933. PC: Leon Schlesinger Studios, The Vitaphone Corporation. DIST: Warner Bros. P: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, Leon Schlesinger. D: Hugh Harman. AN: Norm Blackburn, Friz Freleng. M: Frank Marsales. Characters: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising (animaattorit). Voices: Rochelle Hudson (Honey), Carmen Maxwell (Bosko). B&w, Vitaphone – Looney Tunes – Bosko. A nitrate print. Furiously parodic Western nonsense.

Those Were Wonderful Days. US 1934. PC: Leon Schlesinger Studios. DIST: Warner Bros. P: Leon Schlesinger. D: Bernard B. Brown. AN: Paul J. Smith, Don Williams. M: Norman Spencer. B&w – Merrie Melodies. An OK 16mm print. A variety parody of the Gay Nineties.

The Fire Alarm. US 1936. PC: Leon Schlesinger Studios. DIST: Warner Bros. P: Leon Schlesinger. D: Jack King. AN: Ben Clopton, Robert McKimson. M: Norman Spencer. B&w – Looney Tunes – Ham and Ex. An OK 16mm print. The story of two rascals who wreak havoc at the fire station.

Porky in Wackyland. US 1938. PC: Leon Schlesinger Studios. DIST: Warner Bros. P: Leon Schlesinger. D: Robert Clampett. AN: Izzy Ellis, Norm McCabe. M: Carl W. Stalling. Voice talent: Mel Blanc (Porky Pig, The Do-Do, various Wackyland citizens). B&w - 7 min – Looney Tunes – Porky Pig. The wild chase of the reportedly extinct Do-Do bird.

Scalp Trouble. US 1939. PC: Leon Schlesinger Studios. DIST: Warner Bros. P: Leon Schlesinger. D: Robert Clampett. SC: Ernest Gee. AN: Norm McCabe. M: Carl W. Stalling. Voice talent: Mel Blanc (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Jerry Colonna Indian). B&w 7 min – Looney Tunes – Daffy Duck, Porky Pig. Duck is the head of a cavalry outpost in Indian territory. Having swallowed bullets he turns into a live machine gun against the Sioux.

Porky's Picnic. US 1939. PC: Leon Schlesinger Studios. DIST: Warner Bros. P: Leon Schlesinger. D: Robert Clampett. AN: Robert Cannon, Vive Risto. M: Carl W. Stalling. Voice Talent: Mel Blanc (Porky Pig), Bernice Hansen (Petunia Pig, Pinky Pig). B&w - 7 min – Merrie Melodies – Porky Pig, Petunia Pig. Porky and Petunia's picnic is destroyed by the sadistic baby Pinky.

Hot Cross Bunny. US 1948. PC: Warner Bros. D: Robert McKimson. SC: Warren Foster. AN: Phil DeLara, Manny Gould, Charles McKimson. Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas. Layout: Cornett Wood. M: Carl W. Stalling. Voice talent: Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, the doctor). Colour. 7 min – Merrie Melodies – Bugs Bunny. The doctor wants to switch the brains of a chicken and Bugs Bunny, but having given a good show in front of the audience Bugs trades places with the doctor.

Hare Splitter. US 1948. PC: Warner Bros. P: Edward Selzer. D: Friz Freleng. SC: Tedd Pierce. AN: Ken Champin, Gerry Chiniquy, Manuel Perez, Virgil Ross. Backgrounds: Paul Julian. Layout: Hawley Pratt. M: Carl W. Stalling. Voice talent: Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, Casbah). Colour. 7 min – Merrie Melodies – Bugs Bunny. Bugs dresses as Daisy Lou to mislead his rival Casbah.

The Foghorn Leghorn. US 1948. PC: Warner Bros. P: Edward Selzer. D: Robert McKimson. SC: Warren Foster. AN: Pete Burness, John Carey, Phil DeLara, Manny Gould, Charles McKimson. Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas. Layout: Cornett Wood. M: Carl W. Stalling. Voice talent: Mel Blanc (Foghorn Leghorn, Barnyard Dawg, Henery Hawk, Grandpa Hawk). Technicolor. 6 min – Merrie Melodies – Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk. The dumb hawk misses his targets and has to endure the eternal lectures of Foghorn Leghorn.

Hare Do. US 1949. PC: Warner Bros. D: Friz Freleng. SC: Tedd Pierce. AN: Ken Champin, Gerry Chiniquy, Manuel Perez, Virgil Ross. Backgrounds: Paul Julian. Layout: Hawley Pratt. M: Carl W. Stalling. Voice talent: Mel Blanc (Bugs Bunny, Usher), Arthur Q. Bryan (Elmeri). PCA 12155. Technicolor. 7 min – Merrie Melodies – Bugs Bunny. Elmer chases Bugs with a wabbit detector, but Bugs fools him in a cinema with his changing masks.