Busy Bakers

1940 American film
  • February 10, 1940 (1940-02-10)
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Busy Bakers is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.[1] The short was released on February 10, 1940.[2]

Plot

The local town baker faces going out of business, so an old man decides to help him stay in business after a kind deed offered to him by the baker. He then decides to go into business with the old man.

Home media

Notes

  • This short is notable for being the final cartoon to be directed by Hardaway and Dalton, due to Friz Freleng returning to Warner Bros. animation studios from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's animation studio in 1939, following the failure of their Captain and the Kids series. As a result, Hardaway was demoted back to storyman. He left after being demoted and joined Walter Lantz at Universal Studios, where he helped create Woody Woodpecker.[4] Cal Dalton worked as an animator until 1947 after demotion when Freleng returned.
  • This cartoon was re-released into the Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies program on October 20, 1945.[5]

References

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 99. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Brother Orchid". 25 March 2008 – via Amazon.
  4. ^ Kevin S. Sandler (1998). Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813525389.
  5. ^ Hayde, Michael J. (18 August 2013). "Michael J. Hayde's BETTER LIVING THROUGH TELEVISION: BLUE RIBBON BLUES".


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