His Bitter Half

His Bitter Half

May 20, 1950 Theatrical Series Merrie Melodies

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

Synopsis

Daffy reads the classified ads to find himself a suitable- that is rich- wife.

Characters

Daffy Duck, Lady Duck, Wetworth, Man at Carnival Park

Credits

Directing

Director
Isadore Freleng (as I. Freleng)

Producing

Producer
Edward Selzer uncredited

Writing

Writer
Tedd Pierce

Voices

Voice
Mel Blanc (Daffy Duck, Wetworth, Man at Carnival Park), Martha Wentworth (Lady Duck)

Music

Music
Carl Stalling

Art Department

Backgrounds
Paul Julian

Editing

Editor
Treg Brown uncredited

Production notes

Remade in 1962 as "Honey's Money", and later as a Roland and Rattfink cartoon "A Taste of Money."

The Blue Ribbon release featured blue 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.

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Reviews

His Bitter Half

damfineMay 20, 2003

Friz is BRUTAL to Daffy!! Awesome!!