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Jitterbug Follies
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- Theatrical Short
- Traditional Animation
- MGM
- Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cartoon Characters: Count Screwloose, J. R. the Wonder Dog.
- Voice Actors: Mel Blanc.
- Directed By Milt Gross.
- Produced By Fred Quimby.
- Written By Milt Gross.
- Originally Released on February 25, 1939.
- Originally Released Theatrically.
- Running Time: 8:44 minutes.
- Production Number: MPAA #: 5024
- Black & White (Sepia)
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U.S.A.
Cartoon Summary:
Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog are promoting a $10,000 swing contest. They intend to skip town with the entry fees, but a menacing thug from the "Citizens for Fair Play" convinces them to devise... (more)
Cartoon Production Information:
The first of only two cartoons based on "Count Screwloose of Tooloose," created by Milt Gross as a Sunday strip in 1929 for the New York World. The comic strip had a dog named Iggy, not "J.R. the Wonder Dog," which was created for the... (more)
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