Cartoon: Foney Fables (Merrie Melodies), 1942
Foney Fables is a cartoon from the Merrie Melodies series made in 1942 by Friz Freleng, diverting several tales and fables. Original: 1 August 1942
Cartoon: Pigs in a Polka, 1943
Pigs in a Polka is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on February 6, 1943. The film is a parody of two Walt Disney Productions films: 1933’s Three Little Pigs and 1940’s Fantasia. The familiar story of The Three Little Pigs is set in this film to several of… Read more →
Cartoon: Three Brothers, 1944 starring Private Snafu
Three Brothers is part of the Private Snafu series of animated shorts produced by Warner Bros. during World War II. Screened for troops in September 1944, the cartoon was directed by Friz Freleng and features the familiar voice of Mel Blanc.
Cartoon: Jungle Jitters, 1938
Jungle Jitters is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on February 19, 1938. Because of the racial stereotypes of black people throughout the short, it prompted United Artists to withhold it from syndication within the United States in 1968. As such, the short was placed into the Censored Eleven, a group… Read more →
Cartoon: Hold Anything, 1930
Hold Anything is the third title in the Looney Tunes series featuring Bosko. It was released as early as August 9, 1930. It is loosely based on the lost film Hold Everything, one of whose songs, “Don’t Hold Everything,” features prominently in the cartoon. It was directed by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, and animated by Isadore “Friz” Freleng and… Read more →
Cartoon: The Fifth-Column Mouse, 1943
The Fifth-Column Mouse is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on March 6, 1943. The cartoon features a band of mice who engage in war against a cat. This is a wartime propaganda film, with the cat symbolizing the Axis powers. A single mouse represents the fifth column, working for… Read more →
Cartoon: Snafuperman, 1944
Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Primarily, they demonstrate the… Read more →
