Warner Bros. Cartoon Filmography
1944
| 1945 | 1946

Odor-Able Kitty

Rel 1/6/45 - Prod ???? - MPAA 9494 - LT - Blue Ribbon No. 1230 (Orange rings)
Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Tedd Pierce - Animation: Robert Cannon - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes".

Herr Meets Hare

Rel 1/13/45 - Prod 7-13 - MPAA 9267 - MM (Red rings)
Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Gerry Chiniquy - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Suppressed Distribution. Banned from "June Bugs 2001" for Hitler-centric humor, but later aired on a "Wartime Cartoons" special.. 
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3", "Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons".

Draftee Daffy

Rel 1/27/45 - Prod 1-15 - MPAA 9812 - LT (Red rings)
Dir: Robert Clampett - Story: Lou Lilly - Anim: Rod Scribner - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2", "Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons", "LT:TCE - Welcome To Wackyland".

The Unruly Hare

Rel 2/10/45 - Prod 4-14 - MPAA ???? - MM (Orange rings)
Dir: Frank Tashlin - Story: Melvin Millar - Anim: Cal Dalton - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes", "Here Comes Bugs", "Bugs Vs. Elmer", "Shokus Vol. 7: Tokio Jokio".

Trap Happy Porky

Rel 2/24/45 - Prod 9-15 - MPAA 10183 - LT - Blue Ribbon No. 1186
Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: Ken Harris - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2", "Porky Pig Cartoon Festival Featuring Nothing But The Tooth".

Life With Feathers

Rel 3/24/45 - Prod ???? - MPAA 9843 - MM (Red rings) - Blue Ribbon No. 1231 (Orange rings)
Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: Virgil Ross - Music: Carl W. Stalling
VC: Bea Benaderet
Academy Award Nominee, 1945; lost to Quiet Please! (M-G-M).
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes", "Tweety & Sylvester".

Behind The Meat-Ball

Rel 4/7/45 - Prod 13-14 - MPAA 9864 - LT (Red rings)
Story: Melvin Millar - Anim: I. Ellis - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Directed without screen credit by Frank Tashlin.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2".

Hare Trigger

Rel 5/5/45 - Prod 9-14 - MPAA 10065 - MM (Orange rings)
Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Manuel Perez, Ken Champin, Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy - Background And Layout: Paul Julian, Hawley Pratt - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl W. Stalling
First WB cartoon with full credits.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes", "Bugs Bunny Classics On Laser", "Bugs Bunny Classics", "Bugs Bunny's Zaniest Toons".

Ain't That Ducky

Rel 5/19/45 - Prod ???? - MPAA 10044 - LT - Blue Ribbon No. 1313 (Green rings)
Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Gerry Chiniquy - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Additional VC: Victor Moore.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3", "Just Plain Daffy", "Daffy Duck Cartoon Festival Featuring Ain't That Ducky".

A Gruesome Twosome

Rel 6/9/45 - Prod 3-14 - MPAA 9946 - MM
Dir: Robert Clampett - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Robert McKimson, Manny Gould, Rod Scribner, Basil Davidovich - Layout And Backgrounds: Thomas McKimson, Michael Sasanoff - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl W. Stalling
TWBC incorrectly lists I. Ellis as animator.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2", "Tweety & Sylvester".

A Tale Of Two Mice

Rel 6/30/45 - Prod ???? - MPAA 9799 - LT - Blue Ribbon No. 1309 (Green rings)
Dir: Frank Tashlin - Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Art Davis - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 2".

Wagon Heels

Rel 7/28/45 - Prod 6-14 - MPAA 10524 - MM
Dir: Robert Clampett - Anim: Rod Scribner, Manny Gould, I. Ellis, J.C. Melendez - Layout And Background: Thomas McKimson, Michael Sasanoff - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Jose C. "Bill" Melendez became an animator for UPA and later creative head of Mendelson-Melendez Productions, maker of the Peanuts specials.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3", "Porky Pig And Company", "Porky Pig Cartoon Festival Featuring Tom Turk And Daffy".

Hare Conditioned

Rel 8/11/45 - Prod 5-14 - MPAA 10060 - LT
Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Tedd Pierce - Animation: Ken Harris, Ben Washam, Basil Davidovich, Lloyd Vaughan - Layout And Backgrounds: Earl Klein, Robert Gribbroek - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Vaughan (1908?-5/19/88), like Tex Avery, was blind in one eye.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4", "Bugs Bunny Classics On Laser", "Starring Bugs Bunny!", "Bugs Bunny: Hollywood Legend".

Fresh Airedale

Rel 8/25/45 - Prod ???? - MPAA 9853 - MM - Blue Ribbon No. 1259 (Blue/red rings)
Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Ben Washam, Lloyd Vaughan, Ken Harris - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3", "LT:TCE - Canine Corps".

The Bashful Buzzard

Rel 9/15/45 - Prod 4-15 - MPAA 10027 - LT - Blue Ribbon No. 1310 (Green rings)
Dir: Robert Clampett - Story: Michael Sasanoff - Animation: Bob McKimson - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl W. Stalling
VC: Kent Rogers
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes".

Peck Up Your Troubles

Rel 10/20/45 - Prod ???? - MPAA 10254 - MM - Blue Ribbon No. 1233 (Orange rings)
Dir: I. Freleng - Story: Michael Maltese - Anim: Ken Champin - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3".

Hare Tonic

Rel 11/10/45 - Prod L-8-14 - MPAA 10350 - LT (Orange rings)
Dir: Charles M. Jones - Story: Tedd Pierce - Anim: Ken Harris, Lloyd Vaughan, Ben Washam, Basil Davidovich - Layout And Backgrounds: Earl Klein, Robert Gribbroek - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Davidovich is not listed in the credits in LT&MM and BB50.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes", "Bugs Bunny: Hollywood Legend", "Starring Bugs Bunny!".

Nasty Quacks

Rel 12/1/45 - Prod 11-15 - MPAA 10252 - MM (Orange rings)
Story: Warren Foster - Anim: Art Davis, I. Ellis, Richard Bickenbach - Layout And Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas - VC: Mel Blanc - Music: Carl W. Stalling
Frank Tashlin directs without credit.
Video: "The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes", "Just Plain Daffy", "Daffy Duck Cartoon Festival Featuring Daffy Duck And The Dinosaur".

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