My Green Fedora

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My Green Fedora
Directed by Isadore Freleng
Story by Bob Clampett [1]
Produced by Leon Schlesinger
StarringJackie Morrow
Tedd Pierce [2]
Edited by Treg Brown
Music by Bernard Brown
Norman Spencer
Animation by Charles Jones
Bob Clampett
Robert McKimson
Paul Smith
Ben Clopton
Rollin Hamilton
Color process2-strip Technicolor
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • May 4, 1935 (1935-05-04)
Running time
7:41
LanguageEnglish

My Green Fedora is a 1935 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film directed by Friz Freleng. [3] The short was released on May 4, 1935. [4]

Contents

It features a song, "I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora," written by songwriters Al Sherman, Al Lewis, and Joseph Meyer specially for this short.

Plot

Peter Rabbit is assigned by his mother to babysit his baby brother Elmer. Peter reluctantly does so, though nothing he tries will stop his baby brother from crying. What works is Peter dressing in some old clothes, including a green fedora. He sings a song to match the hat. When Peter is not looking, a weasel snatches the baby and runs off to the tunnels underneath the house. Peter gives chase and manages to take care of both the weasel and Elmer with a garden hose.

Reception

The Motion Picture Herald gave it a below-average review due to the perceived scariness of the weasel, calling it "Not quite so good as some of this series. A little too scary for the kiddies." [5]

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