My Green Fedora

My Green Fedora is a 1935 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film directed by Friz Freleng.^[3] The short was released on May 4, 1935.^[4]

My Green Fedora
Directed by	Isadore Freleng
Story by	Bob Clampett[1]
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Starring	Jackie Morrow Tedd Pierce[2]
Edited by	Treg Brown
Music by	Bernard Brown Norman Spencer
Animation by	Charles Jones Bob Clampett Robert McKimson Paul Smith Ben Clopton Rollin Hamilton
Color process	2-strip Technicolor
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	May 4, 1935 (1935-05-04)
Running time	7:41
Language	English

It features a song, "I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora", written by songwriters Al Sherman, Al Lewis, and Joseph Meyer specially for this short.

Plot

Peter Rabbit is assigned by his mother to babysit his baby brother Elmer. Peter reluctantly does so, though nothing he tries will stop his baby brother from crying. What works is Peter dressing in some old clothes, including a green fedora. He sings a song to match the hat. When Peter is not looking, a weasel snatches the baby and runs off to the tunnels underneath the house. Peter gives chase and manages to take care of both the weasel and Elmer with a garden hose.

Reception

The Motion Picture Herald gave it a below-average review due to the perceived scariness of the weasel, calling it "Not quite so good as some of this series. A little too scary for the kiddies."^[5]

See also

• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)