Hobo Gadget Band

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Hobo Gadget Band
Directed by
Story byJack Miller
Produced by Leon Schlesinger
Starring
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Animation by Richard Bickenbach
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • June 17, 1939 (1939-06-17)
Running time
8 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Hobo Gadget Band is a 1939 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. [1] The short was released on June 17, 1939. [2] The voices in this cartoon were provided by Mel Blanc, Pinto Colvig and the Paul Taylor group.

Plot

A group of homeless who reside in a hobo camp make their own musical instruments out of found objects, form a band and audition for a radio program.

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. 88. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . Checkmark Books. pp.  104-106. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.