Red-Headed Baby

1931 film

December 26, 1931 (1931-12-26)

Running time

7 min.LanguageEnglish

Red-Headed Baby is a 1931 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising.^[1] The short was released on December 26, 1931.^[2]

The short is the first in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series to not feature a recurring character; all previous cartoons had featured Bosko, Foxy or Piggy.^[2]

Plot

Around Christmas Eve, a toymaker creates a red-haired doll, who, after he (the toymaker) departs, comes to life along with the other toys; she subsequently breaks into singing the titular song, in the process meeting a toy soldier (given the name 'Napoleon') who instantly falls for her.

However, a massive and thuggish spider also has fallen for the doll. He kidnaps her and beats the sawdust out of Napoleon. Napoleon fills his body up again and defeats the spider using a toy train. All the toys rejoice and the doll and Napoleon reunite as the titular song reprises, ending the cartoon.

References

^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 8. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
^ ^a ^b Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

External links

Red-Headed Baby at IMDb
Red-Headed Baby on YouTube

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Harman and Ising

Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising

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The Booze Hangs High (1930)
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Big Man from the North (1931)
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Ups 'n Downs (1931)
Dumb Patrol (1931)
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Bosko's Holiday (1931)
The Tree's Knees (1931)
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A Rainy Day (1940)
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The Lonesome Stranger (1940)
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Ising only

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