Busy Bakers
Busy Bakers is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.[1] The short was released on February 10, 1940.[2]
Busy Bakers | |
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Directed by | Ben Hardaway Cal Dalton |
Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
Story by | Jack Miller |
Starring | Mel Blanc The Sportsmen Quartet (both uncredited) |
Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
Animation by | Richard Bickenbach |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date | February 10, 1940 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
The local town baker faces going out of business, so an old man decides to help him stay in business after a kind deed offered to him by the baker.
Availability
- LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 4, Side 8
- DVD - Brother Orchid (USA 1995 Turner print added as a bonus)[3]
Notes
- This short is notable for being the final cartoon to be directed by Hardaway and Dalton, due to Friz Freleng returning to Warner Bros. animation studios from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's animation studio in 1939, following the failure of their Captain and the Kids series. As a result, Hardaway was demoted back to storyman. He left after being demoted and joined Walter Lantz at Universal Studios, where he helped create Woody Woodpecker.[4] Cal Dalton worked as an animator until 1947 after demotion when Freleng returned.
- This cartoon was re-released into the Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies program on October 20, 1945.[5]
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References
- Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 99. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- "Brother Orchid". 25 March 2008 – via Amazon.
- Kevin S. Sandler (1998). Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation. Rutgers University Press.
- Hayde, Michael J. (18 August 2013). "Michael J. Hayde's BETTER LIVING THROUGH TELEVISION: BLUE RIBBON BLUES".
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