Billboard Frolics

Short Information

Notes:

1.) This is the last Warner Bros. cartoon filmed in 2-strip Technicolor.
2.) This is the last short to use the 1934-1935 Merrie Melodies curtains opening and Jester end card.
3.) This cartoon features the first use of "Merrily We Roll Along" (known as one of two themes associated with the Warner Bros. cartoons; the other being "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"). It would not be regularly used until 1936, beginning with "Boulevardier from the Bronx".
4.) Although this short has only one line of dialogue, the 1995 m/e track is known to exist. It was released with the Captain Blood DVD as a special feature. In addition, the ending card is removed.^[1]

Series:

Merrie Melodies

Production No.:

6999

Home Video Releases:

(1985) VHS - Cartoon Collection III, Vintage Warner Bros. Cartoons (spliced with title card missing)
(1993) LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4, Side 10: Merrie Melodies
(2005) DVD - Captain Blood (1995 USA dubbed print with 1995 m/e track added on right audio channel, "That's All Folks!" end card removed)

Found in Streaming Devices:

HBO Max (2020 - 2020) (restored, removed)

MPAA No.:

1611

Release date(s):

November 9, 1935

Preceded by

Gold Diggers of '49

Followed by

Flowers for Madame

Billboard Frolics is a 1935 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.

Plot[]

Various signs and billboards comes to life and starts singing and dancing. A baby chick jumps down from its sign and starts running around. A black cat starts chasing the chick, and other signs tries to protect the chick from the cat.

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Gallery[]

References[]

↑ http://www.dohtem.com/bugs/special/
↑ (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 40.

[1] ttp://www.dohtem.com/bugs/special/

[2] (3 October 2022) Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2 (in en). BearManor Media, page 40.

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Billboard Frolics

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