Jack Bunny (a spoof of Jack Benny) invites Hollywood celebrities to his Malibu house for a party.Jack Bunny (a spoof of Jack Benny) invites Hollywood celebrities to his Malibu house for a party.Jack Bunny (a spoof of Jack Benny) invites Hollywood celebrities to his Malibu house for a party.
Sara Berner
- Mary Livingstone
- (voice)
- …
Marie Greene
- Deanna Durbin
- (singing voice)
Danny Webb
- Andy Devine
- (voice)
- …
Dave Barry
- Ned Sparks
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Mel Blanc
- Winchester
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Gloria Curran
- Deanna Durbin
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jack Lescoulie
- Jack Bunny
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaCelebrities caricatured are (in order): Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Bob Hope, Bette Davis (as Queen Elizabeth), Andy Devine, Spencer Tracy (as Henry Stanley), Kay Kyser, Robert Donat (as Mr. Chips), Carole Lombard, Don Ameche, Fred MacMurray, Loretta Young, Robert Taylor, George Raft, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Cesar Romero, John Barrymore, Ned Sparks, Fanny Brice (as Baby Snooks), Charles Boyer, Adolphe Menjou, Claudette Colbert, James Cagney, Alice Faye, Phil Harris, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Deanna Durbin, Mickey Rooney, and Cary Grant.
- ConnectionsEdited into Moviestar Cartoons (1983)
- SoundtracksAvalon
(1920) (uncredited)
Music by Vincent Rose
(based on "E lucevan le stelle" in opera "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini)
Played during the opening credits and at the beginning
Featured review
the party that Jack built
While Friz Freleng's "Malibu Beach Party" does contain racial stereotypes, it's pretty funny otherwise. It depicts a party held at the Malibu home of Jack Bunny (an obvious parody of radio star Jack Benny), attended by the top stars of the era. An example of a gag is that Greta Garbo (or her caricature) uses her over-sized feet as a surfboard.
This was not the first time that a Jack Benny caricature had appeared in a Warner Bros. cartoon. "I Love to Singa" portrayed a rabbit - no relation to Bugs Bunny - named Jack Bunny, hosting a talent show. But probably the most famous animated version of Benny is "The Mouse that Jack Built". That one casts the characters from "The Jack Benny Show" as mice, and they all provided their own voices.
So anyway, this one isn't great, but it's still worth seeing.
This was not the first time that a Jack Benny caricature had appeared in a Warner Bros. cartoon. "I Love to Singa" portrayed a rabbit - no relation to Bugs Bunny - named Jack Bunny, hosting a talent show. But probably the most famous animated version of Benny is "The Mouse that Jack Built". That one casts the characters from "The Jack Benny Show" as mice, and they all provided their own voices.
So anyway, this one isn't great, but it's still worth seeing.
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- lee_eisenberg
- Mar 18, 2010
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- Fiesta En La Playa Malibu
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- Runtime8 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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