Looney Tunes Celebrity Caricatures
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- DirectorFriz FrelengHugh HarmanStarsKen DarbyRochelle HudsonRudolf IsingBosko and Honey perform a wacky stage act that includes doing imitations of Maurice Chevalier, Greta Garbo and Jimmy Durante.GC 6.3
- DirectorFriz FrelengRudolf IsingStarsEddie BartellRudolf IsingJohnny MurrayBaby central. A flock of storks is leaving with babies. An old man at a ledger book is dealing with phone calls and letters; a request for twins from Nanook of the North sends him to the refrigerator; the stork carries them in slings marked "upper birth" and "lower birth." Another request, written in Hebrew; this baby comes back as a rough Jewish stereotype, and gets stamped kosher. He then joins the head man singing the title song, and shuffling us off to see the baby assembly line, manned by dwarves. The babies are washed in a washing machine, dried, powdered, diapered in paper towels, loaded up with milk, and sent off in a crib. They clamor for "Cantor" and one of the dwarves reveals that he was _Eddie Cantor_ in disguise, followed by another round of the title song.GC 6.3, Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsRudolf IsingThe King's MenJohnny MurrayThe magazines and books in a drugstore come to life and sing the title song, among others. Some celebrities shown: Will Rogers, Sonja Henie, Kay Kyser; like most of this genre, there's an extended crime sequence, with bad guys breaking into the cash register and Sherlock Holmes on the case.Flying Down to Rio (1933)
- DirectorFriz FrelengHugh HarmanStarsThe GuardsmenRochelle HudsonRudolf IsingBosko runs a movie theater that shows a wacky newsreel with Jack Dumpsey, a slapstick short from Haurel and Lardy, and a turn-of-the-century melodrama starring Honey.GC 6.3
- DirectorBernard B. BrownTom PalmerStarsBernard B. BrownBud DuncanNoreen GammillA series of celebrity sketches set at a radio station. Some unorthodox calisthenics (including corset tightening, cradle rocking, and stock ticker reading) start the action. Bing Crosby (OK, Cros Bingsby according to the sign) sings from his bathtub to adoring women. A quick world tour shows us the Shanghai Police trying hard to sleep on the job, a cannibal tuning in a cooking show, an Eskimo hooking a whale, and a sultan changing the station from belly dancing music to Amos and Andy. A safe-cracker has an unexpected twist on the title song. He's followed up by Greta Garbo, Zasu Pitts, and Mae West. Throughout, Ed Wynn keeps announcing that it's 8 o'clock.GC 5.4, Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
- DirectorJack KingStarsBilly BletcherTommy BondJack CarrA cartoonist falls victim to the very villains he has drawn. It's up to Beans the Cat to save the day.GC 6.3
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBernice HansenPeter Lind HayesJackie MorrowA child would rather listen to the radio than go to bed, but mother insists. He sleeps, but at midnight, his toys come alive and put on a show for him (much of it recycled, though often with different backgrounds, from earlier cartoons).Shall We Dance (1937)
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsBilly BletcherJoe DoughertyBernice HansenIt's race day, and first prize is $2 million (less $1,999,998.37 in taxes). Porky's little car is matched against cars driven by stars of yesteryear, including Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin. When the black #13 driven by "Borax Karoff" makes a bid for the finish line, can Porky fend him off?PP101: 1.19, GC 3.2
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsDave BarrySara BernerMel BlancA typical afternoon at the movies is lampooned in this looney trip to the cinema.GC 3.2, Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsSara BernerMel BlancLorraine BridgesA program for radio KUKU set in the woods, mostly starring birds as caricatures of celebrities of the day. The MC is bandleader Ben Birdie, heckled by Walter Finchell. Wendell Howell prepares to lead a singalong; he gives several different page numbers in the songbook, then says, "Never mind, we won't use the books." The audience, responding "Oh yes we will" pelts him. Billy Goat and Ernie Bear introduce and sing the title song. Everyone sings along, except a fox, who informed he's singing the wrong song, responds, "Why don't somebody tell me these things?" We pan across a series of celebrity guests, like W.C. Field-mouse, Dick Fowl, Deanna Terrapin, Bing Crowsby, and the high-note competing duo of Grace Moose and Lily Swans. Tizzie Fish has a cooking segment. Finally, Louella Possums introduces a company performing a scene from The Prodigal's Return.GC 3.2
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBasin Street BoysHarland EvansThe rain is outdoors; the action is indoors, in a grocery store, where the characters on product labels come to life (along with one real worm). While much of the picture features characters in blackface, and hence is usually censored, the remaining part includes a bottle of blueing singing "Am I Blue", a snake charmer from a coffee can playing for a tube of toothpaste, an elegant dancing couple from cigarette packs, the umbrella girl on a salt box under a waterfall, and some baby chicks from cleanser cans chasing the aforementioned worm.Carefree (1938)
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsElvia AllmanMel BlancTommy BondEmily the chicken, lives in Hickville but dreams of Hollywood. Her chance comes when director J. Megga-Phone happens to drive past and gives her his card. She makes her way to Hollywood, and Megga-Phone's office, where she discovers a whole flock of hens with the same card and a completely uncaring Megga-Phone. She returns home to faithful Clem, and a chick with foolish notions.Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancBill DaysBernice KamiatPorky sets sail for the Boola-Boola islands in the South Seas with a ship full of general merchandise and plans to open a 5 & 10 cent store. But a swordfish cuts a hole in the ship and Porky's goods fall into the ocean, where the fish make creative uses of them, ultimately opening a Hollywood nightclub, complete with fish impersonating various stars. Porky is saved when a waterspout comes along, re-stocking his ship.PP101: 2.18; same as on Hollywood Hotel (1937)
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherPorky works at the Snappy Rubber Company. His dog, Flat Foot Flookey, is determined to follow him into the plant, despite the rules. And Flookey's clumsiness means he's not exactly going to be able to sneak in like when he falls into a vat of rubberizing solution, and molds his face into a number of then-popular movie stars, or makes Porky's boss (a walrus) drop a stack of tires.PP101: 3.13
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDanny WebbTex AveryMel BlancKiller and his gang are robbing every bank in town in numerical order, except they skip the 13th National Bank. The police are unable to catch them, despite their predictability (and their endless sight gags). Finally, they get help from an unlikely source: the guy in the front of the theatre who sat through the picture before. They capture Killer, and he gets a long sentence, which he has to write on the blackboard 1,000 times.GC 3.2, The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- DirectorRobert ClampettNorm McCabeStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherPorky Pig inhabits an igloo in the Arctic, where he beds with a covering a several live, furry polar bears, bathes in a shower whose water instantly freezes into long icicles, and dances in the ice and snow with the native fauna. When a greedy fur trapper named I. Killem arrives to threaten Porky's walrus, bear, and seal friends, Porky acts to repel the trapper by firing a musket which spits out buckshot and explosives. Killem flees in what he thinks is a kayak but is actually a whale.PP101: 3.18, GC 5.4
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancPorky finds out that Ali-Baba and his Dirty Sleeves plan to attack the fort; it's up to him to go warn the fort. He gets there to discover everyone has left for the Legion convention in Boston. Porky and his rented camel fend off the attackers themselves for a while, but when the situation gets dire, the young camel summons its mother. Momma takes care of the attacker that's menacing them. The secret weapon, who has been sitting on the bench with an artillery shell strapped to his head, now comes in, but runs right through the fort and into Ali-Baba.PP101: 4.11
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsElvia AllmanBlanche StewartSara BernerGrocery store products come to life, along with caricatures of Jack Benny, Rochester and Ned Sparks, and take-offs on Superman and King Kong.GC 3.2
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancSara BernerRobert C. BruceA series of spot gags about farm life. Running gag: why are all the little piggies watching the clock so intently?GC 5.3
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDave BarrySara BernerMel BlancA tour of Ciro's Nightclub packed with caricatures of many top stars, including (in order) Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, Edward G. Robinson and Ann Sheridan, Johnny Weissmuller, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and George Raft, Harpo Marx, Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Leopold Stokowski, James Stewart and Dorothy Lamour, Tyrone Power and Sonja Henie, The Frankenstein Monster, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Oliver Hardy, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland and Lewis Stone, Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Henry Fonda, J. Edgar Hoover, Ned Sparks, Jerry Colonna, and Groucho Marx; many more just get sight gags, such as Claudette Colbert, Norma Shearer, William Powell, Don Ameche, Wallace Beery, C. Aubrey Smith, Boris Karloff, Arthur Treacher, Buster Keaton and Mischa Auer.GC 2.4, PC 2.2
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsRobert ClampettFrank GrahamKent RogersHorton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie bird's egg while she vacations. Much later, after standing (and sitting) guard 100-percent faith-fully through rain and snow, Horton and the egg are captured by three hunters and put in a circus. Coincidentally, Maisie happen to fly by just as the egg is about to hatch and demands that Horton give it back to her.GC 6.4
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancFrank GrahamRobert C. BruceHearing that silver foxes are all the rage in high society, a fox paints himself silver and gets himself trapped, finding out too late that it's only his fur anyone is interested in.King's Row (1942)
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetSara BernerA cat-about-town fancies himself such an irresistible "hunk" he momentarily resembles Victor Mature. His wooing of a cute kitten gets derailed by a prankster dog using a cat hand puppet to trap him.GC 2.4
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancA worm reminiscent of Jerry Colonna is lowered into the water and uses various guises to lure fish. He also tangles with a crab.Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
- DirectorRobert ClampettFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancRobert C. BruceWhen James Cagney wins the Oscar, Bugs shows a clip from "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" (1941) and demands a recount of the voting.GC 4.1, part of Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975)
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetSara BernerAs the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.GC 2.4, PC 2.1
- DirectorFriz FrelengTo the tune of The Nutcracker, a number of elves do all the work in a shoe shop.GC 5.2
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsBea BenaderetSara BernerRichard BickenbachA group of celebrity dogs, led by an 'Edward G. Robinson' look-alike and including 'Jimmy Durante', decide that celebrity dogs need a nightclub of their own. What follows is very similar to Hollywood Steps Out (1941), except that all the celebrities are drawn as dogs. Notable gags: Dogwood & Blondie making a sandwich of bones; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy washing dishes, with Stan putting the washed dishes back into the sink; Bud Abbott and 'Lou Costello' as dogs; a sheepdog with hair in his eyes who suddenly has perfect vision when a pretty girl walks by. In an extended scene, Leopold Bowowsky conducts an orchestra; after a series of spot gags, a tuba player misses his cue because he was getting a cup of water, then blows the wrong note because of a fly on his score. Bing Crosby, who was earlier greeting patrons, loses a girl to Frank Sinatra, who was hiding behind a pencil-thin tree. Kaynine Kyser leads his band; we see quick solos from several jazz players, like "Hairy" James and "Boney" Goodman. Finally, the payoff of a running gag: a soldier who had been waiting to call home to Massachusetts gets to use a megaphone with that state's name on it.GC 6.2
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancDave BarrySara BernerAt Tuffy's Tavern, tough guy Edward G. Robincat comes in for today's special, Mouse Knuckles. Tavern keeper Art sends his moronic flunky Filligan to catch the over-talkative little Sniffles Mouse.Mouse Chronicles: Chuck Jones Collection, disc 1
- DirectorFriz FrelengHawley PrattStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetSara BernerDaffy sneaks onto the Warmer Brothers lot, eventually posing as a tour guide. Daffy spoofs a number of contemporary stars, and others appear as "themselves". He also has a number of run-ins with a studio cop.GC 5.1
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancDick NelsonEdward G. Robinson and Peter Lorre make it home to their hideout only to find Bugs already settled down there for the night.Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancRobert ClampettStan FrebergIt's groundhog day, Grover Groundhog's big day - but it's also hunting season for Porky, and he's hunting groundhogs.Super Stars: Porky & Friends - Hilarious Ham
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanDave BarryHumphrey Bogart visits the Mocrumbo Restaurant. He orders fried rabbit and Elmer Fudd has twenty minutes to serve it.GC 2.1, Dark Passage (1947)
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanDave BarryBugs' showbiz career is recounted from babyhood to stardom. Bugs and Elmer Fudd perform the title song.GC 1.1
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancA hungry cat disguises herself as a skunk to get in on feeding time at the zoo, but amorous Pepe thinks she's the real thing and pours on his Maurice Chevalier impression to win her over.PC 2.1, Super Stars: Pepé Le Pew
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsRochelle HudsonRudolf IsingDelos JewkesBosko dreams of being a knight and coming to the rescue of his girlfriend.not on dvd
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBilly BletcherBernard B. BrownCount CutelliBillboards come to life. Eddie Camphor and his "wioleen" player Rub-Him-Off do a song and dance to "Merrily We Roll Along" with new lyrics. A dancer on a Cuban tourism poster does a dance. Pancho's Tamales sing in Spanish; the Old Maid cleanser girls dance. Some Russian Rye bread dances to a Russian arrangement. The penguins for Old Colds cigarettes dance and skate, too. Two union suits do a dance, with their drop panel beating time on washtubs, as a set of lingerie dances and a Jell-O mold shakes. The My Ami chick goes after the worm in an apple, but catches the hose of an air pump instead and gets inflated. A cat comes after the chick. The bellhop for Philmore cigarettes calls out the support: A Police Chief gasoline car, the RCA dog (fake brand not visible), and finally the arm and hammer from a baking soda poster which clubs the cat on the head.[Captain Blood]
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBernice HansenTedd PierceMartha WentworthA W. C. Fields look-a-like con man tries to get the money out of the safe of a rich widow, but her children are making it a little bit too difficult and dangerous.not on dvd
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBen Carter ChoirMel BlancBasin Street BoysThe Lord sees that the stock value of "Pair-o-dice" is dropping on the exchange so he dispatches a slow-witted and slow-talking angel to sinful Harlem to recruit new customers. When this fails, God finds success sending a group of musical angels with a little more swing in their style, so much so that even the Devil wants to join up!not on dvd
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherCount CutelliA series of gags at a dog show, including a stage revue. A dog gets into a trunk of roller skates and crashes through the stage show.not on dvd
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherTedd PierceA satirical look at Hollywood's versions of the American West that features an Indian maiden who is is a dead-ringer for Martha Raye, while the Warner Bros. orchestra plays "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down," while the attacking Indians are circling the lone covered wagon.not on dvd
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsSara BernerMel BlancRobert C. BruceIn this version of "The Courtship of Miles Standish", Elmer Fudd is messenger John Alden, sent to give Miles' love letter to Priscilla. While delivering the message, however, her house is attacked by Indians, and John is the only one who can save her.not on dvd
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsSara BernerMarie GreeneDanny WebbJack Bunny (a spoof of Jack Benny) invites Hollywood celebrities to his Malibu house for a party.not on dvd
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancTedd PierceBabitt and Catstello return; their goal: steal the cheese the cat is guarding. Schemes include sneaking past a sleeping cat (Catstello chickens out), a miniature airplane, and a platform on a rope-and-pulley system,not on dvd
- DirectorArthur DavisStarsMel BlancDave BarryRichard BickenbachAn emaciated canary, singing like Frank Sinatra, is getting on the nerves of a pipe-puffing parrot, who speaks like Bing Crosby. The parrot spots Sylvester, foraging through the trash. Telling the cat he needs more vitamins (which the canary has been swallowing in bulk), he lures the cat inside to snare the canary. The straightforward approach fails (the canary bops him in the nose). He carves a female canary from soap, lures Frankie there; the birds slide down a greased counter, into the sink, and down the drain, but only the soap bird goes through the pipe and down Sylvester's throat. A trail of birdseed into the garage seems to work, but Frankie jacks Sylvester's mouth open. Sylvester laces the vitamins with buckshot; like all cartoon magnets, his attracts everything metal in sight except his prey. The canary turns Sylvester's vacuum cleaner against him, with a crash in the fireplace giving Sylvester a hot-stomach; as he buries his head in the sink, the bird adds Foamo-Seltzer to the water; the cat rockets off, crashing into a wall. The cat finally realizes the portly parrot is a better meal; we see him sitting on the parrot's perch, imitating his mannerisms. (Sylvester speaks here with a less pronounced lisp than his final voice.)not on dvd
- DirectorRobert McKimsonFriz FrelengChuck JonesStarsMel BlancRobert C. BruceMary Jane CroftMan's best friend is the subject of a series of blackout gags, climaxing with the bogus heroism of a dog who travels across the country for an unexpected purpose.not on dvd
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsTex AveryMel BlancBilly BletcherIt's midnight at the bookstore and all the book and magazine characters are coming to life. When a bulldog from an adventure book uses a Boswell Sisters-like performance by girls in a travel magazine as a distraction to rob a bank, he is chased, caught, and sentenced to, of course "Life" (the magazine). But there's also a conveniently placed "Escape" magazine....
- DirectorFrank TashlinFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherBasin Street BoysAnother entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably the various pages of Green Pastures all joining in on a song, The Thin Man entering The White House Cookbook and exiting much fatter, and The House of Seven (Clark) Gables singing backup to Old King Cole. The Three Musketeers break loose, become Three Men on a Horse, grab the Seven Keys to Baldpate, and set the Prisoner of Zenda free. They are soon chased by horsemen from The Charge of the Light Brigade and Under Two Flags and beset by the cannons of All Quiet on the Western Front. All this disturbs the sleep of Rip Van Winkle, who opens Hurricane so that everyone is (all together now) Gone with the Wind.