Lonesome Lenny

Lonesome Lenny
Directed by	Tex Avery
Story by	Heck Allen
Produced by	Fred Quimby (uncredited)
Starring	Wally Maher Tex Avery Sara Berner (all uncredited)
Music by	Scott Bradley
Animation by	Preston Blair Ed Love Ray Abrams Walter Clinton
Backgrounds by	John Didrik Johnsen (uncredited)
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	MGM cartoon studio
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 9, 1946 (1946-03-09)
Running time	8 minutes
Language	English

Lonesome Lenny is a 1946 Screwy Squirrel cartoon directed by Tex Avery and released to theaters on March 9, 1946 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ^[1] It is the last Screwy Squirrel cartoon; he is "killed" off on-screen at the end of the short.

Plot

Screwy Squirrel becomes the playmate of a lonesome, dopey, and strong dog Lenny, in a broad parody of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".

Voice cast

• Wally Maher as Screwy Squirrel and Pet Store Owner (uncredited) ^[2]
• Tex Avery as Lenny the Dog (uncredited) ^[2]
• Sara Berner as Lady (uncredited)

Home media

DVD

• The Katharine Hepburn Collection

Blu-ray

• Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1

References

1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. XXX. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7.
2. Scott, Keith. ""Hello All You Happy Tax Payers": Tex Avery's Voice Stock Company". Cartoon Research. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2021.

External links

• Lonesome Lenny at IMDb