Warner Bros. Cartoon Filmography
1939
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Porky's Last Stand

Rel 1/6/40 - Prod 9158 - MPAA 5779 - LT
Sup: Robert Clampett - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: I. Ellis - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: None.

The Early Worm Gets The Bird

Rel 1/13/40 - Prod 9103 - MPAA ???? - MM - Blue Ribbon
Sup: Fred Avery - Story: Jack Miller - Anim: Robert Cannon - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Suppressed Distribution
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3", "Black Anthology Cartoons, Vol. 3: Ones Mammy Toad Me Not Ta Watch", "Cartoon Classics In Color By Video Yesteryear Vol. 3: Wartime Warner Bros.", "Inside Termite Terrace Vol. 3: Jungle Jitters", "Shokus Vol. 7: Tokio Jokio".

Africa Squeaks

Rel 1/27/40 - Prod 9160 - MPAA 5792 - LT
Sup: Robert Clampett - Anim: John Carey, Dave Hoffman - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Suppressed Distribution; edited version in MTV Networks package.
Video: None.

Mighty Hunters

Rel 1/27/40 - Prod 9363 - MPAA 5719 - MM (Red white and blue rings with cloud background) - Blue Ribbon No. 1314 (Green rings)
Sup: Charles Jones - Story: Dave Monahan - Anim: Ken Harris - Music: Carl W. Stalling
With James Swinnerton's Canyon Kiddies, courtesy of Good Housekeeping Magazine. Swinnerton himself painted fifty backgrounds in oils for this cartoon.
Blue Ribbon version retains full credits.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3".

Ali-Baba Bound

Rel 2/10/40 - Prod 9364 - MPAA 5906 - LT
Sup: Robert Clampett - Story: Melvin Millar - Anim: Vive Risto - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "Cartoon Classics By Video Yesteryear Vol. 2: Fleischer & Warner Bros.","Shokus Vol. 3: Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs", "Nostalgia Merchant Cartoon Parade No. 1", "Pioneers In Animation, Vol. 3".

Busy Bakers

Rel 2/10/40 - Prod 9153 - MPAA 5314 - MM - Blue Ribbon (Orange rings)
Sup: Ben Hardaway, Cal Dalton - Story: Jack Miller - Anim: Richard Bickenbach - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4".

Elmer's Candid Camera

Rel 3/2/40 - Prod 9571 - MPAA 5513 - MM (Red white and blue rings with cloud background)
Sup: Charles Jones - Story: Rich Hogan - Anim: Bob McKimson - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2", "Elmer!".

Pilgrim Porky

Rel 3/16/40 - Prod 9368 - MPAA 5396 - LT
Sup: Robert Clampett - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Norman McCabe - Music: Carl W. Stalling
VC: Robert C. Bruce.
Video: None.

Cross Country Detours

Rel 3/16/40 - Prod 9423 - MPAA ???? - MM (Red white and blue rings with cloud background) - Blue Ribbon (Blue rings)
Sup: Fred Avery - Story: Rich Hogan - Anim: Paul Smith - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Blue Ribbon reissue has production number in MPAA box.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes".

Confederate Honey

Rel 3/30/40 - Prod 9365 - MPAA 5395 - MM
Sup: I. Freleng - Story: Ben Hardaway - Anim: Cal Dalton - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Suppressed Distribution.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3".

Slap Happy Pappy

Rel 4/13/40 - Prod 9370 - MPAA 5827 - LT
Sup: Robert Clampett - Anim: John Carey, I. Ellis - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: None.

The Bear's Tale

Rel 4/13/40 - Prod 9369 - MPAA 5717 - MM (Red white and blue rings) - Blue Ribbon No. 2-13
Sup: Fred Avery - Story: J. B. Hardaway - Anim: Rod Scribner - Music: Carl W. Stalling
VC: Mel Blanc, Tex Avery, Bernice Hansen, Bea Benaderet.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes", "LT:TCE - Tex-Book Looney".

The Hardship Of Miles Standish

Rel 4/27/40 - Prod 9373 - MPAA 5673 - Blue Ribbon (Red white and blue rings)
Sup: I. Freleng - Story: Jack Miller - Anim: Gil Turner - Music: Carl W. Stalling
VC: Arthur Q. Bryan, Bernice Hansen, Bea Benaderet, Robert C. Bruce, Mel Blanc.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2", "Elmer Fudd Cartoon Festival Featuring An Itch In Time".

Porky's Poor Fish

Rel 4/27/40 - Prod 9372 - MPAA 6086 - LT
Sup: Robert Clampett - Story: Melvin Millar - Anim: David Hoffman - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Anim reuse from: Porky's Five And Ten.
Video: None.

Sniffles Takes A Trip

Rel 5/11/40 - Prod 9367 - MPAA 5945 - MM - Blue Ribbon No. 1315
Sup: Charles Jones - Story: Dave Monahan - Anim: Philip Monroe - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes".

You Ought To Be In Pictures

Rel 5/18/40 - Prod 9366 - MPAA 5795 - LT
Sup: I. Freleng - Story: Jack Miller - Anim: Herman Cohen - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Additional VC: Leon Schlesinger (as himself)
Live Action Roles: Leon Schlesinger: Himself - Studio Cop: Michael Maltese - Director who orders Porky thrown off the set: Gerry Chiniquy - Man who throws Porky off the set: Henry Binder - Other Roles: Gladys Hallberg, Paul Marron
Video: "Ham On Wry: The Porky Pig Laser Collection", "Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies", "Cartoons, Comedies And Bloopers: Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs", " Carrotblanca", "LT:TCE - A Looney Life (Friz Freleng)".

A Gander At Mother Goose

Rel 5/25/40 - Prod 9535 - MPAA 5791 - MM
Sup: Fred Avery - Story: Dave Monahan - Animation: Charles McKimson - Music: Carl W. Stalling - Technical Advisor - Mother Goose
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2".

The Chewin' Bruin

Rel 6/8/40 - Prod 9534 - MPAA 6141 - LT
Sup: Robert Clampett - Anim: Norman McCabe, Vive Risto - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: None.

Tom Thumb In Trouble

Rel 6/8/40 - Prod 9425 - MPAA 5849 - MM #18 - Blue Ribbon No. 1175
Sup: Charles Jones - Story: Rich Hogan - Anim: Robert Cannon - Music: Carl W. Stalling
VC: Sara Berner, John Deering
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2".

Circus Today

Rel 6/22/40 - Prod 9593 - MPAA 5918 - MM - Blue Ribbon (Orange rings)
Sup: Fred Avery - Story: Jack Miller - Anim: Sid Sutherland - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3".

Porky's Baseball Broadcast

Rel 7/6/40 - Prod 9536 - MPAA 5917 - LT
Sup: Isadore Freleng - Story: J.B. Hardaway - Anim: Cal Dalton - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: None.

Little Blabbermouse

Rel 7/6/40 - Prod 9159 - MPAA 5794 - MM - Blue Ribbon
Sup: I. Freleng - Story: J.B. Hardaway - Anim: Richard Bickenbach - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4".

The Egg Collector

Rel 7/20/40 - Prod 9595 - MPAA 6184 - MM - Blue Ribbon
Sup: Charles Jones - Story: Robert Givens - Anim: Rudy Larriva - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4".

A Wild Hare

Rel 7/27/40 - Prod 9617 - MPAA 5995 - MM (Red white and blue rings) - Blue Ribbon (Blue rings)
Sup: Fred Avery - Story: Rich Hogan - Anim: Virgil Ross - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Academy Award Nominee 1940; lost to The Milky Way (M-G-M)
Blue Ribbon version incorrectly titled The Wild Hare.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes", "Here Comes Bugs", "Bugs Bunny Superstar".

Ghost Wanted

Rel 8/10/40 - Prod 9537 - MPAA 5985 - MM #2 (Red white and blue rings)
Sup: Charles Jones - Story: Dave Monahan - Anim: Bob McKimson - Music: Carl W. Stalling
VC: Tex Avery.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4".

Patient Porky

Rel 8/24/40 - Prod 9538 - MPAA 6213 - LT
Sup: Robert Clampett - Anim: Norman McCabe - Story: Warren Foster - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "Porky Pig: Days Of Swine And Roses".

Ceiling Hero

Rel 8/24/40 - Prod 9561 - MPAA 6083 - MM (Red white and blue rings)
Sup: Fred Avery - Story: Dave Monahan - Anim: Rod Scribner - Music: Carl W. Stalling
VC: Robert C. Bruce
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4".

Malibu Beach Party

Rel 9/14/40 - Prod 9633 - MPAA 5994 - MM (Yellow-orange rings)
Sup: I. Freleng - Story: Jack Miller - Anim: Gil Turner - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Most successful parodying of Jack Benny and his radio crew, until 1958's The Mouse That Jack Built which was authorized and performed by Benny himself.
Voices include Jack Lescoulie as the Benny character.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4".

Calling Dr. Porky

Rel 9/21/40 - Prod 9616 - MPAA 6074 - LT
Sup: I. Freleng - Story: Jack Miller - Anim: Herman Cohen - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "Shokus Vol. 3: Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs".

Stage Fright

Rel 9/28/40 - Prod 9757 - MPAA 6073 - MM #5 - Blue Ribbon No. 1225
Sup: Charles Jones - Story: Rich Hogan - Anim: Ken Harris - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 5".

Prehistoric Porky

Rel 10/20/40 - Prod 9614 - MPAA 6376 - LT
Sup: Robert Clampett - Story: Melvin Millar - Anim: John Carey - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: None.

Holiday Highlights

Rel 10/12/40 - Prod 9637 - MPAA 6119 - MM (Yellow-orange rings)
Sup: Fred Avery - Story: Dave Monahan - Anim: Charles McKimson - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3", "LT:TCE - Tex-Book Looney".

Good Night Elmer

Rel 10/26/40 - Prod 9775 - MPAA 6268 - MM (Yellow-orange rings)
Sup: Charles Jones - Story: Rich Hogan - Anim: Philip Monroe - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2", "Elmer!".

The Sour Puss

Rel 11/2/40 - Prod 9634 - MPAA 6394 - LT
Sup: Robert Clampett - Anim: Vive Risto, Dave Hoffman - Story: Warren Foster - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Edits on some versions (the "Now I've seen everything" suicide gag). Aired complete on The Bob Clampett Show on March 11, 2001 on Cartoon Network.
Video: None

Wacky Wildlife

Rel 11/9/40 - Prod 9759 - MPAA 6196 - MM - Blue Ribbon No. 1316 (Green rings)
Sup: Fred Avery - Story: Dave Monahan - Anim: Virgil Ross - Music: Carl W. Stalling
VC: Robert C. Bruce

Bedtime For Sniffles

Rel 11/23/40 - Prod 9635 - MPAA 6072 - MM - Blue Ribbon (Green rings)
Sup: Charles Jones - Story: Rich Hogan - Anim: Robert Cannon - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2", "LT:TCE - Running Amuck (Chuck Jones)".

Porky's Hired Hand

Rel 11/30/40 - Prod 9636 - MPAA 6120 - LT
Sup: I. Freleng - Story: Dave Monahan - Anim: Richard Bickenbach - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Logo of International Alliance Of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) begins appearing on credits.
Video: "Shokus Vol. 6: The Ducktators".

Of Fox And Hounds

Rel 12/7/40 - Prod 9771 - MPAA 6266 - MM#8 - Blue Ribbon No. 1362
Supervision: Draft No. 412 - Story: Draft No. 1312 - Animation: Draft No. 6102 - Music: Draft No. 158 (too bad)
Note: Cartoon supervised by Tex Avery, music by Carl Stalling, and other credits not known due to the topical nature of the credit gag.
VC: Tex Avery.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2", "LT:TCE - Canine Corps".

The Timid Toreador

Rel 12/21/40 - Prod 9638 - MPAA 6457 - LT
Sup: Robert Clampett, Norman McCabe - Story: Melvin Millar - Anim: I. Ellis - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "Longitude And Looneytude: 14 Globetrotting Looney Tunes Favorites", "Pioneers In Animation, Vol. 3".

Shop, Look & Listen

Rel 12/21/40 - Prod 9639 - MPAA 6265 - MM (Yellow-orange rings)
Sup: I. Freleng - Story: Dave Monahan - Animation: Cal Dalton - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 5".

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