Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)
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This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1930 and 1939, plus the pilot film from 1929 which was used to sell the Looney Tunes series to Leon Schlesinger and Warner Bros. A total of 270 shorts were released during the 1930s.
Title | Directed by | Animated by | Original release date | |
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Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid | Hugh Harman & Rudolf Ising | Friz Freleng & Rollin Hamilton | May 29, 1929 (1929-05-29) | |
A cartoonist (portrayed in live-action by Rudolf Ising) draws Bosko, who comes to life. Bosko speaks, sings, dances and plays the piano before the cartoonist sucks him into his ink pen and pours him back into the inkwell. Bosko pops out of the bottle and promises to return. This is a live-action/animated short film starring a character named Bosko. The film was produced in May 1929 and shown by the two to various distributors. The film was first made viewable to the public on Cartoon Network's television special Toonheads: The Lost Cartoons on March 12, 2000, in an edited form. The full cartoon is present on disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 as a special feature. The film is in the public domain as it doesn't have a copyright notice. |
All cartoons are Looney Tunes starring Bosko and are all directed and produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, along with Leon Schlesinger as associate producer. All cartoons are also scored by Frank Marsales, who would score all cartoons through 1932. All cartoons from this year and 1931 are in the public domain.
Directing credits would not be shown for the cartoons until Buddy's Day Out in 1933.
No. overall | No. in year | Title | Animated by | Original release date | |
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1 | 1 | Sinkin' in the Bathtub | Friz Freleng | April 19, 1930 (1930-04-19)[1] | |
Bosko gets out of his bathtub as he goes on a car trip with his girlfriend Honey. | |||||
2 | 2 | Congo Jazz | Carman Maxwell & Paul Smith | August 9, 1930 (1930-08-09)[2] | |
3 | 3 | Hold Anything | Friz Freleng & Norm Blackburn | October 1930 (1930-10)[3] | |
4 | 4 | The Booze Hangs High | Friz Freleng & Paul Smith | December 1930 (1930-12)[4] | |
5 | 5 | Box Car Blues | Rollin Hamilton & Carman Maxwell | December 25, 1930 (1930-12-25)[citation needed] |
This year marks the debut of the Merrie Melodies series. All Merrie Melodies cartoons are directed by Rudolf Ising, all Looney Tunes until The Tree's Knees are directed by Hugh Harman and Ising and all Looney Tunes cartoons as of Bosko Shipwrecked! are directed by Harman. The directors still remain uncredited however. The cartoons mainly star Bosko, Foxy and Piggy, with the final cartoon of the year being a one shot.
No. overall | No. in year | Title | Series | Animated by | Original release date | |
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6 | 1 | Big Man from the North | LT | Friz Freleng & Robert Edmunds | January 1931 (1931-01)[3] | |
7 | 2 | Ain't Nature Grand! | LT | Friz Freleng & Norm Blackburn | February 1931 (1931-02)[5] | |
8 | 3 | Ups 'n Downs | LT | Rollin Hamilton & Paul Smith | April 4, 1931 (1931-04-04)[5] | |
9 | 4 | Dumb Patrol | LT | Friz Freleng & Carman Maxwell | May 1931 (1931-05)[5] | |
10 | 5 | Yodeling Yokels | LT | Rollin Hamilton & Norm Blackburn | June 1931 (1931-06)[5] | |
11 | 6 | Bosko's Holiday | LT | Friz Freleng & Paul Smith | July 18, 1931 (1931-07-18)[5] | |
12 | 7 | The Tree's Knees | LT | Friz Freleng & Rollin Hamilton | August 1, 1931 (1931-08-01)[5] | |
13 | 8 | Lady, Play Your Mandolin! | MM | Rollin Hamilton & Norm Blackburn | August 2, 1931 (1931-08-02)[3] | |
14 | 9 | Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! | MM | Friz Freleng & Carman Maxwell | September 5, 1931 (1931-09-05)[6][7] | |
15 | 10 | Bosko Shipwrecked! | LT | Rollin Hamilton & Larry Martin | September 19, 1931 (1931-09-19)[5] | |
16 | 11 | One More Time | MM | Friz Freleng & Paul Smith | October 3, 1931 (1931-10-03)[8] | |
17 | 12 | Bosko the Doughboy | LT | Rollin Hamilton & Carman Maxwell | October 17, 1931 (1931-10-17)[5] | |
18 | 13 | You Don't Know What You're Doin'! | MM | Friz Freleng & Norm Blackburn | October 21, 1931 (1931-10-21)[9] | |
19 | 14 | Bosko's Soda Fountain | LT | Friz Freleng & Rollin Hamilton | November 14, 1931 (1931-11-14)[3] | |
20 | 15 | Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land | MM | Friz Freleng & Paul Smith | November 28, 1931 (1931-11-28)[10] | |
Note: One of the Censored Eleven and the earliest of them. | ||||||
21 | 16 | Bosko's Fox Hunt | LT | Rollin Hamilton & Norm Blackburn | December 12, 1931 (1931-12-12)[3] | |
22 | 17 | Red-Headed Baby | MM | Rollin Hamilton & Carman Maxwell | December 26, 1931 (1931-12-26)[10] |
All Looney Tunes cartoons are directed by Hugh Harman, while all Merrie Melodies cartoons are directed by Rudolf Ising, again still uncredited.
No. overall | No. in year | Title | Series | Animated by | Original release date | Video if in the public domain | |
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23 | 1 | Bosko at the Zoo | LT | Friz Freleng & Larry Martin | January 9, 1932 (1932-01-09)[3] | ||
24 | 2 | Pagan Moon | MM | Rollin Hamilton & Norm Blackburn | January 31, 1932 (1932-01-31)[10] | ||
25 | 3 | Battling Bosko | LT | Friz Freleng & Paul Smith | February 1932 (1932-02)[11] | ||
26 | 4 | Freddy the Freshman | MM | Friz Freleng & Paul Smith | February 20, 1932 (1932-02-20)[12] | ||
27 | 5 | Big-Hearted Bosko | LT | Friz Freleng & Rollin Hamilton | March 5, 1932 (1932-03-05)[11] | TBA | |
28 | 6 | Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee | MM | Rollin Hamilton & Carman Maxwell | March 19, 1932 (1932-03-19)[12] | TBA | |
29 | 7 | Bosko's Party | LT | Friz Freleng & Larry Martin | April 2, 1932 (1932-04-02)[citation needed] | TBA | |
30 | 8 | Goopy Geer | MM | Friz Freleng & Rollin Hamilton | April 16, 1932 (1932-04-16)[12] | ||
31 | 9 | Bosko and Bruno | LT | Rollin Hamilton & Paul Smith | April 30, 1932 (1932-04-30)[citation needed] | TBA | |
32 | 10 | It's Got Me Again! | MM | Friz Freleng & Thomas McKimson | May 14, 1932 (1932-05-14)[12] | ||
Note: First WB cartoon to be nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. | |||||||
33 | 11 | Moonlight for Two | MM | Friz Freleng & Larry Martin | June 11, 1932 (1932-06-11)[13] | TBA | |
34 | 12 | Bosko's Dog Race | LT | Rollin Hamilton & Norm Blackburn | June 25, 1932 (1932-06-25)[citation needed] | TBA | |
35 | 13 | The Queen Was in the Parlor | MM | Friz Freleng & Paul Smith | July 9, 1932 (1932-07-09)[citation needed] | TBA | |
36 | 14 | Bosko at the Beach | LT | Friz Freleng & Rollin Hamilton | July 23, 1932 (1932-07-23)[citation needed] | TBA | |
37 | 15 | I Love a Parade | MM | Rollin Hamilton & Thomas McKimson | August 6, 1932 (1932-08-06)[citation needed] | ||
38 | 16 | Bosko's Store | LT | Friz Freleng & Robert McKimson | August 13, 1932 (1932-08-13)[14] | TBA | |
39 | 17 | Bosko the Lumberjack | LT | Friz Freleng & Carman Maxwell | September 3, 1932 (1932-09-03)[3] | TBA | |
40 | 18 | You're Too Careless with Your Kisses! | MM | Rollin Hamilton & Larry Martin | September 10, 1932 (1932-09-10)[citation needed] | TBA | |
41 | 19 | Ride Him, Bosko! | LT | Friz Freleng & Norm Blackburn | September 17, 1932 (1932-09-17)[citation needed] | Copyright was renewed on January 11, 1961 and will not be in the public domain until January 1, 2028.[15] | |
42 | 20 | I Wish I Had Wings | MM | Rollin Hamilton & Paul Smith | October 15, 1932 (1932-10-15)[citation needed] | TBA | |
43 | 21 | Bosko the Drawback | LT | Friz Freleng & Robert McKimson | October 22, 1932 (1932-10-22)[citation needed] | Copyright was renewed on March 10, 1961 and will not be in the public domain until January 1, 2028.[16] | |
44 | 22 | A Great Big Bunch of You | MM | Rollin Hamilton & Thomas McKimson | November 12, 1932 (1932-11-12)[12] | TBA | |
45 | 23 | Bosko's Dizzy Date | LT | Rollin Hamilton & Robert McKimson | November 19, 1932 (1932-11-19)[12] | Copyright was renewed on February 3, 1961 and will not be in the public domain until January 1, 2028.[16] | |
Note: Recycles most of its footage from the unreleased cartoon Bosko and Honey. | |||||||
46 | 24 | Three's a Crowd | MM | Rollin Hamilton & Larry Martin | December 10, 1932 (1932-12-10)[12] | TBA | |
47 | 25 | Bosko's Woodland Daze | LT | Friz Freleng & Paul Smith | December 17, 1932 (1932-12-17)[citation needed] | Copyright was renewed on March 1, 1961 and will not be in the public domain until January 1, 2028.[16] |
As of Buddy's Day Out, the directors are now credited, under the text "Supervision".
No. overall | No. in year | Title | Series | Directed by | Animated by | Score by | Original release date |
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48 | 1 | The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives | MM | Rudolf Ising | Rollin Hamilton & Norm Blackburn | Frank Marsales | January 7, 1933 (1933-01-07)[17] |
49 | 2 | Bosko in Dutch | LT | Friz Freleng & Hugh Harman | Friz Freleng & Thomas McKimson | Frank Marsales | January 14, 1933 (1933-01-14)[citation needed] |
50 | 3 | One Step Ahead of My Shadow | MM | Rudolf Ising | Friz Freleng & Carman Maxwell | Frank Marsales | February 4, 1933 (1933-02-04)[citation needed] |
51 | 4 | Bosko in Person | LT | Friz Freleng & Hugh Harman | Rollin Hamilton & Robert McKimson | Frank Marsales | February 11, 1933 (1933-02-11)[18] |
52 | 5 | Young and Healthy | MM | Rudolf Ising | Rollin Hamilton & Larry Martin | Frank Marsales | March 4, 1933 (1933-03-04)[citation needed] |
53 | 6 | Bosko the Speed King | LT | Hugh Harman | Friz Freleng & Paul Smith | Frank Marsales | March 22, 1933 (1933-03-22)[citation needed] |
54 | 7 | The Organ Grinder | MM | Rudolf Ising | Rollin Hamilton & Thomas McKimson | Frank Marsales | April 8, 1933 (1933-04-08)[citation needed] |
55 | 8 | Wake Up the Gypsy in Me | MM | Rudolf Ising | Friz Freleng & Larry Silverman | Frank Marsales | May 13, 1933 (1933-05-13)[19] |
56 | 9 | Bosko's Knight-Mare | LT | Hugh Harman | Robert McKimson & Robert Stokes | Frank Marsales | June 8, 1933 (1933-06-08)[citation needed] |
57 | 10 | I Like Mountain Music | MM | Rudolf Ising | Friz Freleng & Larry Martin | Frank Marsales | June 14, 1933 (1933-06-14)[12] |
58 | 11 | Bosko the Sheep-Herder | LT | Hugh Harman | Rollin Hamilton & Carman Maxwell | Frank Marsales | June 14, 1933 (1933-06-14)[citation needed] |
59 | 12 | Beau Bosko | LT | Friz Freleng & Hugh Harman | Rollin Hamilton & Norm Blackburn | Frank Marsales | July 1, 1933 (1933-07-01)[citation needed] |
60 | 13 | Shuffle Off to Buffalo | MM | Rudolf Ising & Friz Freleng | Friz Freleng & Paul Smith | Frank Marsales | July 8, 1933 (1933-07-08)[citation needed] |
61 | 14 | Bosko's Mechanical Man | LT | Hugh Harman | Friz Freleng & Thomas McKimson | Frank Marsales | July 29, 1933 (1933-07-29)[citation needed] |
62 | 15 | The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon | MM | Rudolf Ising | Rollin Hamilton & Robert McKimson | Frank Marsales | August 5, 1933 (1933-08-05)[citation needed] |
63 | 16 | Bosko the Musketeer | LT | Hugh Harman | Rollin Hamilton & Robert Stokes | Frank Marsales | August 12, 1933 (1933-08-12)[18] |
64 | 17 | Bosko's Picture Show | LT | Friz Freleng & Hugh Harman | Friz Freleng & Carman Maxwell | Frank Marsales | August 26, 1933 (1933-08-26)[citation needed] |
65 | 18 | We're in the Money | MM | Rudolf Ising | Friz Freleng & Larry Martin | Frank Marsales | August 26, 1933 (1933-08-26)[citation needed] |
66 | 19 | Buddy's Day Out | LT | Tom Palmer | Bill Mason | Norman Spencer & Bernard B. Brown | September 9, 1933 (1933-09-09)[20] |
67 | 20 | I've Got to Sing a Torch Song | MM | Tom Palmer | Jack King | Norman Spencer & Bernard B. Brown | September 23, 1933 (1933-09-23)[12] |
68 | 21 | Buddy's Beer Garden | LT | Earl Duvall | Jack King & Frank Tashlin | Norman Spencer | November 11, 1933 (1933-11-11)[20] |
69 | 22 | Buddy's Show Boat | LT | Earl Duvall | Jack King & Jim Pabian | Bernard B. Brown | December 9, 1933 (1933-12-09)[20] |
70 | 23 | Sittin' on a Backyard Fence | MM | Earl Duvall | Jack King & Don Williams | Norman Spencer | December 16, 1933 (1933-12-16)[17] |
This year marks the beginning of production of color WB cartoons, though only for the Merrie Melodies series. The Looney Tunes series remains in black and white until 1942. For this year, most Merrie Melodies cartoons would still be in black and white up until Rhythm in the Bow. All cartoons are under copyright.
No. overall | No. in year | Title | Series | Directed by | Animated by | Score by | Original release date | |
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71 | 1 | Buddy the Gob | LT | Friz Freleng | Jack King & Ben Clopton | Bernard B. Brown | January 5, 1934 (1934-01-05)[21] | |
72 | 2 | Pettin' in the Park | MM | Bernard B. Brown | Jack King & Bob Clampett | Norman Spencer | January 27, 1934 (1934-01-27)[17] | |
73 | 3 | Honeymoon Hotel | MM | Earl Duvall | Jack King & Frank Tipper | Bernard B. Brown | February 17, 1934 (1934-02-17)[22] | |
Note: This is the first color cartoon by Warner Bros, being produced in Cinecolor. | ||||||||
74 | 4 | Buddy and Towser | LT | Friz Freleng | Jack King & Robert McKimson | Norman Spencer | February 24, 1934 (1934-02-24)[3] | |
75 | 5 | Buddy's Garage | LT | Earl Duvall | Jack King & Sandy Walker | Bernard B. Brown | April 14, 1934 (1934-04-14)[23] | |
76 | 6 | Beauty and the Beast | MM | Friz Freleng | Jack King & Rollin Hamilton | Norman Spencer | April 14, 1934 (1934-04-14)[22] | |
77 | 7 | Those Were Wonderful Days | MM | Bernard B. Brown | Paul Smith & Don Williams | Norman Spencer | April 26, 1934 (1934-04-26)[3] | |
78 | 8 | Buddy's Trolley Troubles | LT | Friz Freleng | Ben Clopton & Frank Tipper | Norman Spencer | May 5, 1934 (1934-05-05)[24] | |
79 | 9 | Goin' to Heaven on a Mule | MM | Friz Freleng | Rollin Hamilton & Robert McKimson | Norman Spencer | May 19, 1934 (1934-05-19)[citation needed] | |
80 | 10 | Buddy of the Apes | LT | Ben Hardaway | Paul Smith & Sandy Walker | Bernard B. Brown | May 26, 1934 (1934-05-26)[23] | |
81 | 11 | How Do I Know It's Sunday | MM | Friz Freleng | Frank Tipper & Don Williams | Bernard B. Brown | June 9, 1934 (1934-06-09)[citation needed] | |
82 | 12 | Buddy's Bearcats | LT | Jack King | Ben Clopton | Norman Spencer | June 23, 1934 (1934-06-23)[23] | |
83 | 13 | Why Do I Dream Those Dreams | MM | Friz Freleng | Rollin Hamilton & Robert McKimson | Norman Spencer | June 30, 1934 (1934-06-30)[citation needed] | |
84 | 14 | The Girl at the Ironing Board | MM | Friz Freleng | Frank Tipper & Sandy Walker | Bernard B. Brown | August 23, 1934 (1934-08-23)[citation needed] | |
85 | 15 | The Miller's Daughter | MM | Friz Freleng | Rollin Hamilton & Chuck Jones | Norman Spencer | October 13, 1934 (1934-10-13)[22] | |
86 | 16 | Shake Your Powder Puff | MM | Friz Freleng | Robert McKimson & Bob Clampett | Bernard B. Brown | October 17, 1934 (1934-10-17)[22] | |
87 | 17 | Buddy the Detective | LT | Jack King | Paul Smith & Don Williams | Bernard B. Brown | October 17, 1934 (1934-10-17)[23] | |
88 | 18 | Rhythm in the Bow | MM | Ben Hardaway | Rollin Hamilton & Ben Clopton | Norman Spencer | October 20, 1934 (1934-10-20)[citation needed] | |
Note: This is the final black and white Merrie Melodies cartoon. All entries for the series after this would be produced in color. | ||||||||
89 | 19 | Buddy the Woodsman | LT | Jack King | Paul Smith & Don Williams | Bernard B. Brown | October 27, 1934 (1934-10-27)[23] | |
90 | 20 | Buddy's Circus | LT | Jack King | Robert McKimson & Ben Clopton | Norman Spencer | November 8, 1934 (1934-11-08)[23] | |
91 | 21 | Those Beautiful Dames | MM | Friz Freleng | Paul Smith & Chuck Jones | Bernard B. Brown | November 10, 1934 (1934-11-10)[citation needed] | |
Note: All Merrie Melodies cartoons as of this short would be produced in 2-strip Technicolor until Billboard Frolics. | ||||||||
92 | 22 | Buddy's Adventures | LT | Ben Hardaway | Robert McKimson & Don Williams | Bernard B. Brown | November 17, 1934 (1934-11-17)[25] | |
93 | 23 | Pop Goes Your Heart | MM | Friz Freleng | Frank Tipper & Sandy Walker | Norman Spencer | December 8, 1934 (1934-12-08)[citation needed] | |
94 | 24 | Viva Buddy | LT | Jack King | Frank Tipper & Cal Dalton | Norman Spencer | December 12, 1934 (1934-12-12)[23] | |
95 | 25 | Buddy the Dentist | LT | Ben Hardaway | Rollin Hamilton & Jack King | Norman Spencer | December 15, 1934 (1934-12-15)[23] |