CAST: "Edna May Oliver" (Priscilla), "F. Hugh Herbert" (Miles Standish), "Elmer Fudd" (John Alden).
Director: I. FRELENG. Story: Jack Miller. Animation: Gil Turner. Musical director: Carl W. Stalling. Song: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby". Color by Technicolor. Producer: Leon Schlesinger.
Copyright 27 April 1940 by The Vitaphone Corp. A Warner Bros. "Merrie Melodies" cartoon from Leon Schlesinger Productions. U.S. release: 27 April 1940. 1 reel.
COMMENT: Not only fascinating for lovers of vintage Hollywood, but an entertaining cartoon in its own right with some splendid visual and verbal gags.
The lay-out and backgrounds are agreeably quaint.
Fudd as a singing telegram boy rendering "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" to Edna May Oliver is a stand-out sequence, though there are others ("IN CASE OF INDIANS BREAK GLASS") that come close in wit and style.
Definitely recommended.
Director: I. FRELENG. Story: Jack Miller. Animation: Gil Turner. Musical director: Carl W. Stalling. Song: "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby". Color by Technicolor. Producer: Leon Schlesinger.
Copyright 27 April 1940 by The Vitaphone Corp. A Warner Bros. "Merrie Melodies" cartoon from Leon Schlesinger Productions. U.S. release: 27 April 1940. 1 reel.
COMMENT: Not only fascinating for lovers of vintage Hollywood, but an entertaining cartoon in its own right with some splendid visual and verbal gags.
The lay-out and backgrounds are agreeably quaint.
Fudd as a singing telegram boy rendering "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" to Edna May Oliver is a stand-out sequence, though there are others ("IN CASE OF INDIANS BREAK GLASS") that come close in wit and style.
Definitely recommended.