The Night Watchman (1938 film)
Appearance
The Night Watchman | |
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Directed by | Charles Jones |
Story by | Ted Pierce |
Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
Starring | Mel Blanc Margaret Hill-Talbot |
Music by | Carl W. Stalling Milt Franklyn |
Animation by | Ken Harris Robert McKimson Phil Monroe Rod Scribner Ben Washam Keith Darling A.C. Gamer[1] |
Layouts by | Griff Jay |
Backgrounds by | Art Loomer |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7:19 |
Language | English |
The Night Watchman is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.[2] The short was released on November 19, 1938.[3]
This short is the first film directed by Chuck Jones after he was promoted from an animator.
Plot
A feline watchman gets sick, so his kitten son is enlisted to watch the kitchen. When the gangland-style rats find out that he is the one on duty, they try to take over.
Home media
The Night Watchman is available with original titles restored on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Disc 4 DVD set.
Voice cast
- Mel Blanc as Hoodlum Rats, Thomas Cat, Thomas's father
- Margaret Hill-Talbot as Thomas Cat
- The Paul Taylor Group as the singing rat quartet[4]
References
- ^ "Chuck Jones' "The Night Watchman" (1938) |".
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 80. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 32. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
External links
Categories:
- 1938 films
- 1938 animated films
- Merrie Melodies short films
- Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
- Short films directed by Chuck Jones
- Vitaphone short films
- Films scored by Carl Stalling
- Animated films about cats
- Films about mice and rats
- Night in culture
- 1930s Warner Bros. animated short films
- 1930s English-language films
- English-language short films
- Merrie Melodies stubs