This is a list of productions by Warner Bros. Cartoons, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., which mainly produced the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts. Other animated projects were made for Warner, as well as entities such as U.S. Army (Private Snafu) and U.S. Navy (Mr. Hook).
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
editTheatrical Shorts
editWarner Bros. Cartoons produced two series of animated shorts for commercial theatrical release, Looney Tunes (1930–1969) and Merrie Melodies (1931–1969). The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts featuring Bugs Bunny were also sold separately to distributors as Bugs Bunny Specials.
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969)
TV series
edit- The Bugs Bunny Show and various spin-offs (1960–1962)
Miscellaneous shorts
editThe following is a list of various shorts outside of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series.
Spooney Melodies
edit| Title | Director | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crying for the Carolines | Unknown | December 1930 | LTGC Volume 1, Disc 3 (part of ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons) LTGC Volume 6, Disc 3 |
A live basic animation 5 minute short featuring Milton Charles, "The Singing Organist." The only known surviving short in the "Spooney Melodies" series. |
| Just a Gigolo | June 6, 1931 | N/A | Lost films. | |
| Say a Little Prayer for Me | July 1931 | |||
| When your Lover has gone | September 1931 | |||
| For You | December 1931 |
Buster Bear theatrical shorts
edit| Title | Director | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Life and Adventures of Buster Bear | Unknown | 1930 | Produced by McCrory studios Only exist as silent print Part of Vitaphone Varieties | |
| Buster Bear in The Opera House | Unknown | 1930 | Produced by McCrory studios Only short available online[1] | |
| Buster Bear in the Spring Carnival | Unknown | January 1931 | Produced by McCrory studios Part of Vitaphone Varieties |
Commercials
edit| Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation Day In Bugland | Unknown | Unknown | February 18, 1931 | N/A | Lost commercial cartoon produced for Listerine. |
| Neath The Bababa Tree | June 1, 1931 | Animated By Dr. Seuss. Produced in New York but distributed by Warner Bros. Thought to be lost.[2] | |||
| Put On The Spout |
Other theatrical shorts
edit| Title | Director | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Blossoms for Violet | Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng. | May 24, 1952 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | Live-action film featuring footage animals. |
| Philbert: Three's a Crowd | Richard Donner (live action) Friz Freleng (animation) |
April 1, 1963 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 | Unsold TV pilot, screened in theaters. |
| The Door[3] | Ken Mundie | June 1, 1968 | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | Produced by "Campbell-Silver-Cosby Corporation," a studio co-owned by Bill Cosby, who was then a popular recording artist with Warner Bros. Records. Cosby and Mundie would later team up to create Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. |
Government films
editOne Shots
edit| Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes | Video if in the public domain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point Rationing of Foods | Chuck Jones | Unknown | February 25, 1943 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 3, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | Documentary with limited animation Produced for Office of War Information of Bureau of Motion Pictures. It was distributed non-theatrically[4] |
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| Dive Bombing Crashes | 1945 | N/A | Only entry in the Flight Safety training film series produced by Warner Bros, all other films were produced by UPA Produced for United States Navy. | |||
| So Much for So Little | Chuck Jones | January 1, 1949 | LTGC Volume 2, Disc 4, Academy Awards Animation Collection: 15 Winners, Academy Awards Animation Collection, Disc 1, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | Theatrically screened Produced for Federal Security Agency Public Health Service |
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| 90 Day Wondering | Ralph Phillips (as adult) | December 1956 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 3, LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | Produced for United States Army. | ||
| Drafty, Isn't It? | 1957 |
Private Snafu series
editNote:All shorts in the main Private SNAFU series were created for the U.S. War Department and were created by Warner Bros., and written by Dr. Seuss. Cartoons unless otherwise noted. The films, being produced for the U.S. government, are in the public domain. Private Snafu was also featured in Few Quick Facts series but none of these shorts were produced by Warner Bros or Harman-Ising thus they are not included here.
| Title | Director | Release date | Note | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Video |
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| Coming!! Snafu | Chuck Jones | June 28, 1943 | Pilot for Private Snafu | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Private Snafu Golden Classics |
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| Gripes | Friz Freleng | July 5, 1943 | LTGC Volume 5, Disc 3 Private Snafu Golden Classics |
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| Spies | Chuck Jones | August 9, 1943 | Was seen (with parts cut for content) on the Cartoon Network special ToonHeads: The Lost Cartoons. | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4; Private Snafu Golden Classics |
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| The Goldbrick | Frank Tashlin | September 13, 1943 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 Private Snafu Golden Classics |
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| The Infantry Blues | Chuck Jones | September 20, 1943 | Private Snafu Golden Classics | ||
| Fighting Tools | Bob Clampett | October 18, 1943 | Cameo of Daffy Duck as Father Duck. A briefly seen newspaper sub-headline reads "Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide"; this would not actually happen for another 18 months. |
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| The Home Front | Frank Tashlin | November 15, 1943 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 Private Snafu Golden Classics |
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| Rumors | Friz Freleng | December 13, 1943 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 Private Snafu Golden Classics |
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| Booby Traps | Bob Clampett | January 10, 1944 | First appearance of the 'Endearing Young Charms' musical bomb gag, which would be reused in two Bugs Bunny shorts, and two Wile E.Coyote/Road Runner shorts | Private Snafu Golden Classics | |
| Snafuperman | Friz Freleng | March 6, 1944 | LTGC Volume 3, Disc 4 Private Snafu Golden Classics |
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| Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike | Chuck Jones | March 27, 1944 | Private Snafu Golden Classic | ||
| A Lecture on Camouflage | Chuck Jones | April 24, 1944 | |||
| Gas | Chuck Jones | May 29, 1944 | Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance, having been pulled from Snafu's gas mask bag. | ||
| Going Home | Chuck Jones | Unreleased, (Planned for 1944) |
The often-quoted "Coming Home" is a non-existent title. It refers to "Going Home" - "Coming Home" was a result of an old typo.[5] | 
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| The Chow Hound | Frank Tashlin | June 19, 1944 | |||
| Censored | Frank Tashlin | July 17, 1944 | LTGC Volume 4, Disc 2 Private Snafu Golden Classics |
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| Outpost | Chuck Jones | August 1, 1944 | Private Snafu Golden Classics | ||
| Pay Day | Friz Freleng | September 25, 1944 | |||
| Target: Snafu | Friz Freleng | October 23, 1944 | |||
| Three Brothers | Friz Freleng | December 4, 1944 | Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance in the scene where Fubar tries to escape from the dogs. | ||
| In the Aleutians – Isles of Enchantment | Chuck Jones | February 12, 1945 | |||
| It's Murder She Says | Chuck Jones | February 26, 1945 | |||
| Hot Spot | Friz Freleng | July 2, 1945 | |||
| No Buddy Atoll | Chuck Jones | October 8, 1945 | |||
| Operation Snafu | Friz Freleng | December 22, 1945 | |||
| Secrets of the Caribbean | Chuck Jones | Unreleased (planned for 1945) |
Master given to the Army[5] Lost cartoon | ||
| Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy | George Gordon | 1946 | Only Private Snafu entry not produced by Warner Bros; Produced by Harman and Ising. | Private Snafu Golden Classics | |
| A Hitch in Time | Chuck Jones | January 1, 1955 | Produced in color; uses redesigned and renamed Snafu as "John McRogers" and Technical Fairy First Class as "Grogan, Technical Gremlin First Class" Miscellaneous shorts | LTPC Volume 1, Disc 3 (special feature) | |
Mr. Hook series
editNot listed below is Take Heed Mr. Tojo, released in August 1943. It was the first cartoon in the Hook series, but was produced at the Walter Lantz studio.
| Title | Director | Characters | Release date | DVD & Blu-ray availability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Return of Mr. Hook | Chuck Jones | Mr. Hook | January 20, 1945 | Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 | Made for the U.S. Navy in 1945. In the public domain and available at no charge on YouTube and the Internet Archive. |
| Tokyo Woes | Robert McKimson | February 1945 | |||
| The Good Egg | Robert Clampett | 1945 |
Miscellaneous films
editThe following films feature animation from Warner Bros. Cartoons, ranging from simple title sequences to more complex sequences.
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Haunted Gold | December 17, 1932 | Western starring John Wayne, animated bat in the titles at the beginning. The opening animated sequence is included on Looney Tunes Golden Collection, vol. 6 as a special feature. |
| When's Your Birthday? | February 19, 1937 | RKO Pictures, live-action feature film, with animation sequences produced by Leon Schlesinger studio, directed by Bob Clampett.[6] |
| The Big Broadcast of 1938 | February 11, 1938 | Paramount Pictures film, with animation sequences produced by Leon Schlesinger studio.[6] |
| Love Thy Neighbor | December 17, 1940 | Paramount Pictures film, with animation titles sequences produced by Leon Schlesinger studio.[6] |
| The Lady Eve | February 25, 1941 | Paramount Pictures film, with animation titles sequences produced by Leon Schlesinger studio.[6] |
| Hi Diddle Diddle | August 2, 1943 | United Artists film, with animation sequences produced by Leon Schlesinger studio.[6] |
| The Incredible Mr. Limpet | March 28, 1964 | Warner Bros film, with animation sequences produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons under the supervision of Robert McKimson, and it was the final project for the studio prior to its temporary closure in December 1963. [7][8] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Buster Bear (1930) (SILENT)". YouTube.
- ^ * Cohen, Charles (2004). The Seuss, the Whole Seuss and Nothing But the Seuss: A Visual Biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel. Random House Books for Young Readers. ISBN 978-0-375-82248-3. OCLC 53075980.
- ^ Independently produced film (1967 copyright) purchased and distributed by WB in 1968
- ^ "Office of censorship, Office of civilian defense, Office of coordinator of inter-American affairs, Office of defense transportation, Office of scientific research and development, Office of war information, War production board, War shipping administration". 1943.
- ^ a b "Misce-Looney-Ous: Situation Normal All Fouled up". Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ a b c d e Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald (1989), Henry Holt
- ^ Barrier, Michael (1999). Pg. 562–3.
- ^ "Kevin Lima to direct the Incredible Mr. Limpet | Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation". Archived from the original on February 2, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2009.