Mouse Mazurka

Mouse Mazurka

June 11, 1949 Theatrical Series Merrie Melodies

Studio
Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

Deep in the Slobovian Mountains, in the home of Boris Borscht (the Bagel Baron), Sylvester (wearing a green village hat) chases a mouse (wearing a red village hat) who dances when he eats food.

Characters

Sylvester, Mouse

Credits

Directing

Director
Isadore Freleng (as I. Freleng)

Producing

Producer
Edward Selzer

Writing

Writer
Tedd Pierce

Voices

Voice
Mel Blanc (Sylvester, Narrator)

Music

Music
Carl Stalling

Art Department

Backgrounds
Paul Julian

Production notes

Sylvester dies at the end of this cartoon. Other cartoons where he dies are: "Satan's Waitin'," "Back Alley Oproar," "Tweet and Lovely." and "Peck Up Your Troubles."

The Blue Ribbon release featured orange rings. This release also features the original title cards and includes credits.

In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their Blue Ribbon program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.

All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.

Pictures

Reviews

Mouse Mazurka

dingdogDecember 5, 2002

Another of Freleng's superlative musical cartoons (and one of the more disturbing ones as well). This one's a real showcase for animator Gerry Chiniquy, with his masterful execution of the dance sequences. Needless to say, one of the essential Sylvester films.