I Like Mountain Musicis a 1933Warner Bros.Merrie Melodiescartoon directed byRudolf Ising.[2]The short was released on June 14, 1933.[3]
| I Like Mountain Music | |
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| Directed by | Rudolf Ising |
| Produced by | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Johnny Murray Rudolf Ising The King's Men[1] |
| Music by | Frank Marsales |
| Animation by | Isadore Freleng Larry Martin Uncredited: Bob Clampett Thomas McKimson Paul Smith |
| Color process | Black and white Color Systems, Inc.(1973 Korean redrawn three-strip color edition) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 6:59 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
This cartoon is a follow-up to the 1932 shortThree's a Crowd,in which literary characters came to life and stepped off their book covers. In this film, the characters on magazine covers come to life.[4]
The short is currently available to stream onMaxand is a part of theUltra HD Blu-ray,Blu-rayandiTunesreleases ofGoodfellasas a part of aMerrie Melodies&Looney Tunesbonus features compilation.[5]
Plot
editAt night, the magazines at a drugstore come to life and put on a show. However, the man on the crime magazine seizes the opportunity to rob the cash. Now it's up to the sleuths of the detective magazine to catch him.Sherlock HolmesandDr. Watson,among others, follow their trail.
Celebrity cameos includeEdward G. Robinson,who is inside the pages of a crime magazine.Will Rogerscomes in, twirling a lasso, and delivers his trademark line, "All I know is just what I read in the papers." ComedianEd Wynnappears in an ad for "Vexico Quick-Exploding Gasoline" whileEddie Cantortakes off the beard of a violinist to reveal he's actually Rubinoff. (At the time, Wynn's NBC radio show was sponsored byTexaco,with the tagline that the firm's product was "quick starting gasoline," and violinist/orchestra leaderDavid Rubinoffwas one of the featured players on Cantor's radio show for Chase and Sanborn—the "Jimmy" referred to by the Cantor caricature is probablyJimmy Wallington,the show's announcer.) In the last minute of the cartoon,Mussoliniis shown briefly making a fascist salute, directing mustachioed soldiers (armed with bayonets) to chase the bad guys.
References
edit- ^Scott, Keith (October 3, 2022).Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2.BearManor Media. p. 14.
- ^Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989).Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons.Henry Holt and Co. p. 19.ISBN0-8050-0894-2.
- ^Lenburg, Jeff (1999).The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons.Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106.ISBN0-8160-3831-7.RetrievedJune 6,2020.
- ^Schneider, Steve (1988).That's All, Folks!: The Art of Warner Bros. Animation.Henry Holt and Co. p. 40.ISBN0-8050-0889-6.
- ^Brown, Kenneth."GoodFellas Blu-ray (DigiBook)".Blu-ray.RetrievedMarch 25,2024.
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