Devil's Feud Cake
| Devil's Feud Cake | |
|---|---|
Title card | |
| Directed by | Friz Freleng |
| Story by | Friz Freleng Warren Foster |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Jerry Hausner[1][2] |
| Edited by | Treg Brown |
| Music by | Bill Lava |
| Animation by | Gerry Chiniquy Virgil Ross Bob Matz Art Leonardi Lee Halpern |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Tom O'Loughlin Irv Wyner |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 7:40 |
Devil's Feud Cake is a 1963 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng.[3] The short was released on February 9, 1963, and stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.[4]
The film involves the traditional cultural motif of making a deal with the Devil. Sam is depicted as a bank robber who was killed in an aviation accident while trying to escape. The Devil offers him freedom and a resurrection, but only if Sam can bring Bugs to hell.
Plot
[edit]Yosemite Sam robs the Last National Bank and makes his getaway in an airplane flown by Bugs Bunny. Sam falls out of the plane and dies. Sam ends up in Hell, where he makes a deal with the Devil. If Sam brings Bugs (whom the Devil is after as well) to Hell, he will be set free, but if he fails, he will remain in Hell forever. Sam gladly accepts the deal and the Head Devil sends him back to the world of the living.
After three failed attempts on Bugs' life, the Devil decides to give Sam "one more chance". However, Sam has had enough and tells the Devil that if he wants Bugs, he can get him himself and announces that he is staying in Hell while wearing a devil suit and wielding a trident.
Home media
[edit]This short is available on the Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 4 Blu-ray.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Scott, Keith (October 3, 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media.
- ↑ Komorowski, Thad (November 18, 2024). "The Thad Review: "Looney Tunes Collector's Choice" Vol. 4". Cartoon Research. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
- ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 341. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60-62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ↑ "Warner Archive Announces November Releases". www.blu-ray.com. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
External links
[edit]- 1963 films
- Merrie Melodies short films
- Compilation films
- Short films directed by Friz Freleng
- The Devil in film
- Animated films set in hell
- Films scored by William Lava
- Bugs Bunny films
- 1960s Warner Bros. animated short films
- Yosemite Sam films
- Films with screenplays by Warren Foster
- Films produced by David H. DePatie
- Films about bank robbery
- Deal with the Devil
- Films about resurrection
- 1963 animated short films
- Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films