| Busy Bakers | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ben Hardaway Cal Dalton |
| Story by | Jack Miller |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Mel Blanc The Sportsmen Quartet (both uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Richard Bickenbach |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Production company | Leon Schlesinger Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Busy Bakers is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. The short was released on February 10, 1940.
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
- LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 4, Side 8
- DVD - Brother Orchid (USA 1995 Turner print added as a bonus)
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. 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.
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. 99. 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.
- "Brother Orchid". 25 March 2008 – via Amazon.
- Kevin S. Sandler (1998). Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813525389.
- Hayde, Michael J. (18 August 2013). "Michael J. Hayde's BETTER LIVING THROUGH TELEVISION: BLUE RIBBON BLUES".
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- Films scored by Carl Stalling
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