The Night Watchman is a 1938 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.[2] The short was released on November 19, 1938.[3]
| The Night Watchman | |
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| Directed by | Charles Jones |
| Story by | Ted Pierce |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Margaret Hill-Talbot |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by | Ken Harris Robert McKimson Phil Monroe Rod Scribner Ben Washam Keith Darling A.C. Gamer[1] |
| Layouts by | Griff Jay |
| Backgrounds by | Art Loomer |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7:19 |
| Language | English |
This short is the first film directed by Chuck Jones after he was promoted from an animator.
Plot
editA feline watchman gets sick, so his kitten son is enlisted to watch the kitchen. When the gangland-style rats find out that he is the one on duty, they try to take over.
Home media
editThe Night Watchman is available with original titles restored on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 Disc 4 DVD set.
Voice cast
editReferences
edit- ^ "Chuck Jones' "The Night Watchman" (1938) |".
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 80. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 32. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
External links
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