Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
That is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1950 and 1959.
A total of 278 shorts were released during the 1950s.
Identification numbers
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons were each assigned identification numbers that would appear directly on title cards shown at the beginning of each short. These numbers included cartoon studio production numbers, Vitaphone release numbers, Blue Ribbon re-release numbers, and MPAA certificate numbers. Not all of these types of numbers were listed in the title cards of every cartoon and the numbering schemes were sometimes inconsistent. For example, until 1943 cartoons listed Vitaphone release numbers but not cartoon studio production numbers. These release numbers, in turn, increased to 9999 but then restarted at 1. Complicating matters was the Warner Bros. Blue Ribbon re-release program, in which some cartoons were re-released in theaters with new title cards that often removed original production credits and substituted production or release numbers with new re-release numbers. In many cases, the Blue Ribbon releases are the only available prints of a cartoon, making it challenging to discern these cartoons' correct original production information.[1]
In the list below, Blue Ribbon re-release numbers are noted with "BR" and Vitaphone release numbers are noted with "VP".
1950
Starting this year, all cartoons are in Technicolor.
1951
Most of the cartoons released this year also received Blue Ribbon reissues.
1952
Blue Ribbon reissues in the 1952-53 season feature a special closing. Instead of "That's all Folks!" it says THE END but there is still Merrie Melodies and A WARNER BROS. CARTOON.
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
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| 813 | Don't Axe Me | MM | Robert McKimson | Barnyard, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd | 1469 | January 4, 1958 |
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| 814 | Tortilla Flaps | LT | Robert McKimson | Speedy Gonzales | 1449 | January 18, 1958 |
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| 815 | Hare-Less Wolf | MM | Friz Freleng | Bugs Bunny, Charles M. Wolf | 1478 | February 1, 1958 |
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| 816 | A Pizza Tweety Pie | LT | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1479 | February 22, 1958 |
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| 817 | Robin Hood Daffy | MM | Chuck Jones | Daffy Duck, Porky Pig | 1470 | March 8, 1958 |
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| 818 | Hare-Way to the Stars | LT | Chuck Jones | Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian | 1464 | March 29, 1958 |
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| 819 | Whoa, Be-Gone! | MM | Chuck Jones | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1477 | April 12, 1958 |
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| 820 | A Waggily Tale | LT | Friz Freleng | 1486 | April 26, 1958 |
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| 821 | Feather Bluster | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn | 1476 | May 10, 1958 |
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| 822 | Now Hare This | LT | Robert McKimson | Bugs Bunny | 1481 | May 31, 1958 | |||
| 823 | To Itch His Own | MM | Chuck Jones | Mighty Angelo | 1485 | June 28, 1958 |
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| 824 | Dog Tales | LT | Robert McKimson | Charlie, Yosemite Sam | 1484 | July 26, 1958 |
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| 825 | Knighty Knight Bugs | LT | Friz Freleng | Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam | 1483 | August 23, 1958 |
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| 826 | Weasel While You Work | MM | Robert McKimson | Foghorn | 1489 | September 6, 1958 | |||
| 827 | A Bird in a Bonnet | MM | Friz Freleng | Sylvester, Tweety, Granny | 1490 | September 27, 1958 |
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| 828 | Hook, Line and Stinker | LT | Chuck Jones | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1487 | October 11, 1958 |
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| 829 | Pre-Hysterical Hare | LT | Robert McKimson | Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd | 1491 | November 1, 1958 |
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| 830 | Gopher Broke | LT | Robert McKimson | Barnyard, Goofy Gophers | 1497 | November 15, 1958 | |||
| 831 | Hip Hip-Hurry! | MM | Chuck Jones | Wile E. and Road Runner | 1515 | December 6, 1958 | |||
| 832 | Cat Feud | MM | Chuck Jones | Marc and Pussyfoot, Claude | 1474 | December 20, 1958 |
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1959
See also
Notes
- ^ Mackey, Dave (2013-03-26). "Field Guide To Titles And Credits". Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
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Further reading
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (1989), Henry Holt, ISBN 0-8050-0894-2
- Chuck Amuck : The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist by Chuck Jones, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-12348-9
- That's Not All, Folks! by Mel Blanc, Philip Bashe. Warner Books, ISBN 0-446-39089-5 (Softcover) ISBN 0-446-51244-3 (Hardcover)
- Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, Leonard Maltin, Revised Edition 1987, Plume ISBN 0-452-25993-2 (Softcover) ISBN 0-613-64753-X (Hardcover)
External links
- Official Looney Tunes site
- The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for Merrie Melodies Cartoons and for Looney Tunes Cartoons
- Golden Age Cartoons' The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website by Jon Cooke
- "Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion", a wealth of trivia about the Warner cartoons
