The Night Watchman
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For the 2006 movie, see The Night Watchman (film).
| The Night Watchman | |
| Merrie Melodies series | |
| Directed by | Chuck Jones |
|---|---|
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation by | Ken Harris |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc Bernice Hansen |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | November 19, 1938 |
| Format | Technicolor, 7 min |
| Language | English |
| IMDb page | |
The Night Watchman was a Merrie Melodies cartoon released to theaters on November 19, 1938.
[edit] Synopsis
The kitten's father gets sick, so he is enlisted to watch the kitchen. When the mice find out that he's the one on duty, they try to take over.
[edit] Cast
- Mel Blanc: Hoodlum Mice
- Bernice Hansen: Tommy Cat
[edit] Trivia
- Chuck Jones' first Warner Bros. short as a director. In his new role, he timed the picture, finalized all the writing, produced over 300 layouts, and directed the art design, music, sound effects and animation.
- Up to 5,000 animation drawings were used for this cartoon.
- For television airings, recreated Blue Ribbon title cards, for 1995 "dubbed version" airings, were made for this cartoon (see this page, [1], for more details). For 2006 DVD release, original title cards were found for this cartoon.
