Happy Days (1936 film)

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Happy Days
Directed by Ub Iwerks
Produced byUb Iwerks
StarringTommy Bupp
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Distributed by Celebrity Productions
Release date
September 30, 1936
Running time
9:12
LanguageEnglish

Happy Days is a 1936 animated short film directed by Ub Iwerks and part of the ComiColor cartoon series. [1]

The film was the last in the ComiColor and intended as a pilot for a series that Iwerks wanted to animate, based on Gene Byrnes's strip Reg'lar Fellers . The series was scheduled for the 1936–37 season, but never materialized. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 68. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 31 July 2022.