Dumb Patrol (1931 film)

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Dumb Patrol
Dumb Patrol.jpg
Still taken from the feature
Directed by Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Produced byHugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Associate Producer:
Leon Schlesinger
Starring Johnny Murray
Rochelle Hudson
(both uncredited)
Music by Frank Marsales
Animation by Isadore Freleng
Carman Maxwell
Color process Black-and-white
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • February 28, 1931 (1931-02-28)
(earliest known date)
Running time
7:15
LanguageEnglish

Dumb Patrol is the ninth title in the Looney Tunes series featuring Bosko, Honey, and an unnamed enemy. [1] It was released as early as February 28, 1931. [2] [a] It is directed by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, [3] while the film score was composed by Frank Marsales.

Contents

This cartoon shares its name with Dumb Patrol (1964), a Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon (also part of the Looney Tunes series) which was directed by Gerry Chiniquy.

Plot

Bosko, depicted as a pilot in World War I, battles a thuggish pilot and is shot down by the enemy pilot's massive cannon. He lands in the wreck of a home, where he meets Honey. He plays the piano to impress her, but is heard by the enemy pilot. The pilot attempts to shoot him; however Bosko constructs a plane himself and shoots down his enemy. The reference of at least the second part of the short is to the 1918 film by Charlie Chaplin "Shoulder Arms" in which Chaplin enters in the same wreck of a home where he meets Edna Purviance.

References

  1. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 3. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ↑ "Dumb Patrol - Earliest Known Date". News Journal. March 3, 1931. p. 5. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  3. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . Checkmark Books. pp.  57-58. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.

Notes

  1. ↑ Archived from a March 3 article, this is based on the fact that new cartoon shorts would premiere in theaters on Saturdays.
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