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{{Infobox Hollywood cartoon
{{Infobox film
|cartoon_name=Cracked Ice
|name=Cracked Ice
|image=LTCrackedIceTC.png
|series=[[Merrie Melodies]]
|image=
|caption=
|caption=
|director=[[Frank Tashlin]]
|director=[[Frank Tashlin]]
|story_artist=[[Jack Miller]]
|story=Jack Miller
|animator=[[Robert McKimson]]
|animator=[[Robert McKimson|Bob McKimson]]<br>[[Volney White]]
|layout_artist=Griff Jay
|voice_actor=[[Mel Blanc]]
|background_artist=Art Loomer
|starring=[[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Tedd Pierce]]<br>Danny Webb
|producer=[[Leon Schlesinger]]
|producer=[[Leon Schlesinger]]
|musician=[[Carl Stalling]]
|music=[[Carl W. Stalling]]
|studio=[[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Leon Schlesinger Productions]]
|studio=[[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Leon Schlesinger Productions]]
|distributor=[[Warner Bros.]]
|distributor=[[Warner Bros.]]
|released={{Film date|1938|09|10}}
|release_date=September 10, 1938
|color_process=[[Technicolor]]
|color_process=[[Technicolor]]
|runtime=8 min
|runtime=7:41
|movie_language=English
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'''''Cracked Ice''''' is a 1938 [[Warner Bros.]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon directed by [[Frank Tashlin]].<ref name=Beck>{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=76}}</ref> The short was released on September 10, 1938.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/104/mode/2up |pages=104–106}}</ref>
'''''Cracked Ice''''' is a 1938 [[Merrie Melodies]] cartoon. It is included in ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4]]'' and was made in Technicolor.


==Plot==
==Plot==
A black bird is ice skating over barrels until it trips on one and falls into a hole. A pig named Mr. Squeal is ice skating with a cigar until it hears the bird cry for help. Soon, they both start calling for assistance. A Saint Bernard comes out of its doghouse, putting on a sign reading "Gone with the gin", and assists with the cries for help. The Saint Bernard gets out the bird (which is frozen solid in an ice cube) and thaws the bird out. The dog gives it a margarita and the bird warms up. Mr. Squeal is jealous and pretends to drown. The Saint Bernard makes a margarita but gives it to himself. Mr. Squeal then attempts to trick the Saint Bernard by using a magnet to attack a bowl of bones but the dog crashes into Mr. Squeal and the magnet hits a fish. The margarita comes out of the dog's barrel and the fish drinking it, only to get drunk. The fish swims around doing weird activities when the magnet attacks the roller skates on Mr. Squeal. The fish soon leads Mr. Squeal to an ice skating contest. The fish makes Mr. Squeal do amazing tricks. The judge declares Mr. Squeal is the winner of the ice skating contest and wins a trophy. Mr. Squeal is happy until the fish with the magnet attacks the trophy and swims away as the cartoon ends.
A black bird is ice skating over barrels until it trips on one and falls into a hole. A pig named Mr. Squeal (based on W.C. Fields) is ice skating with a cigar until it hears the bird cry for help. Soon, they both start calling for assistance. A Saint Bernard comes out of its doghouse, putting on a sign reading "Gone with the gin", and assists with the cries for help. The Saint Bernard gets out the bird (which is frozen solid in an ice cube) and thaws the bird out. The dog gives it a margarita and the bird warms up. Mr. Squeal is jealous and pretends to drown. The Saint Bernard makes a margarita but gives it to himself. Mr. Squeal trades barbs with a heckler that sounds like Edgar Bergen's ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy. Mr. Squeal then attempts to trick the Saint Bernard by using a magnet to attack a bowl of bones but the dog crashes into Mr. Squeal and the magnet hits a fish. The margarita comes out of the dog's barrel and the fish drinking it, only to get drunk. The fish swims around doing weird activities when the magnet attacks the roller skates on Mr. Squeal. The fish soon leads Mr. Squeal to an ice skating contest. The fish makes Mr. Squeal do amazing tricks. The judge declares Mr. Squeal is the winner of the ice skating contest and wins a trophy. Mr. Squeal is happy until the fish with the magnet attacks the trophy and swims away as the cartoon ends.


==Home media==
<!--Only list official releases-->
DVD:
*''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4]]'', Disc 2 (restored)
*''[[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes]]'' Volume 2, Side 1 (unrestored)

==Notes==
*This short has a special opening rendition of ''[[Merrily We Roll Along (song)|Merrily We Roll Along]]''.

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|30020}}
*{{IMDb title|30020}}

[[Category:Merrie Melodies short films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Carl Stalling]]
[[Category:1938 films]]
[[Category:1938 animated short films]]
[[Category:Short films directed by Frank Tashlin]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:1930s American films]]


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Revision as of 05:03, 3 December 2024

Cracked Ice
Directed byFrank Tashlin
Story byJack Miller
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
Tedd Pierce
Danny Webb
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byBob McKimson
Volney White
Layouts byGriff Jay
Backgrounds byArt Loomer
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 10, 1938 (1938-09-10)
Running time
7:41
LanguageEnglish

Cracked Ice is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin.[1] The short was released on September 10, 1938.[2]

Plot

A black bird is ice skating over barrels until it trips on one and falls into a hole. A pig named Mr. Squeal (based on W.C. Fields) is ice skating with a cigar until it hears the bird cry for help. Soon, they both start calling for assistance. A Saint Bernard comes out of its doghouse, putting on a sign reading "Gone with the gin", and assists with the cries for help. The Saint Bernard gets out the bird (which is frozen solid in an ice cube) and thaws the bird out. The dog gives it a margarita and the bird warms up. Mr. Squeal is jealous and pretends to drown. The Saint Bernard makes a margarita but gives it to himself. Mr. Squeal trades barbs with a heckler that sounds like Edgar Bergen's ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy. Mr. Squeal then attempts to trick the Saint Bernard by using a magnet to attack a bowl of bones but the dog crashes into Mr. Squeal and the magnet hits a fish. The margarita comes out of the dog's barrel and the fish drinking it, only to get drunk. The fish swims around doing weird activities when the magnet attacks the roller skates on Mr. Squeal. The fish soon leads Mr. Squeal to an ice skating contest. The fish makes Mr. Squeal do amazing tricks. The judge declares Mr. Squeal is the winner of the ice skating contest and wins a trophy. Mr. Squeal is happy until the fish with the magnet attacks the trophy and swims away as the cartoon ends.

Home media

DVD:

Notes

References

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 76. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.


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