Little Blabbermouse

Little Blabbermouse

July 6, 1940 Theatrical Series Merrie Melodies

Studio
Leon Schlesinger Studios
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

A W.C. Fields-styled mouse takes a talkative little mouse on a tour of a pharmacy.

Characters

Little Blabbermouse

Credits

Directing

Director
Isadore Freleng (as I. Freleng)

Producing

Producer
Leon Schlesinger

Writing

Writer
J.B. (Ben) Hardaway

Voices

Voice
Mel Blanc (Little Blabbermouse), Tedd Pierce (W.C. Fields Mouse, uncredited), Thurl Ravenscroft (Chew Tobacco, uncredited), The Sportsmen Quartet (Vocalists)

Music

Music
Carl W. Stalling

Animation

Animator
Richard Bickenbach
Layouts, uncredited
Owen Fitzgerald
Animators, uncredited
Ken Champin, Gerry Chiniquy, Manuel Perez

Production notes

The first of only two appearances of Little Blabbermouse.

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.

Songs include "Sing While You're Dressing," "I'd Love to Take Orders From You," "Shake Your Powder Puff," "We're In The Money," "I'm the Cure For What Ails You," "Half of Me Wants To Be Good" and "Singing in the Bathtub."

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