Toy Town Hall

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Toy Town Hall
Directed by I. Freleng
Story by Ben Hardaway
Produced by Leon Schlesinger
Starring Bernice Hansen
Peter Lind Hayes [1]
Music by Carl W. Stalling
Animation by Bob McKimson
Sandy Walker
Color process Technicolor
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
September 19, 1936
Running time
7 min (one reel)
LanguageEnglish

Toy Town Hall is a 1936 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. [2] The short was released on September 19, 1936. [3]

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Plot

A young tot is put to bed in the middle of listening to the Ben Bernie Orchestra on the radio. He falls asleep and dreams that his toys in the room become movie and radio stars who put on a version of Fred Allen's Town Hall Tonight , with a bunch of musical acts. At the end of the short, the youngster wakes up.

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References

  1. "RADIO ROUND-UP: Fred Allen |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  2. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 49. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
  3. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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