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Nasty Quacks
''Nasty Quacks'' is a Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Frank Tashlin, released on December 1, 1945, and starring Daffy Duck. Plot In a suburban household, a father gifts his daughter, Agnes, a black duckling that soon matures into the infamous Daffy Duck. Daffy's disruptive antics test the father's patience, but Agnes staunchly defends her beloved pet. The father's frustration escalates, leading to a comical chase around the house, until he hits upon a plan to distract Agnes with a new, cute yellow duckling. Determined to eliminate his rival, Daffy stalks the duckling with an axe but decides he can't kill the little one, instead intending to accelerate their growth with vitamins before taking them down. Unexpectedly, the duckling transforms into a grown, white female duck, leaving Daffy stunned. The joyous father’s celebration is short lived when he discovers Daffy cohabiting peacefully with the new duck and their offspring, ending the tale with Daffy's charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Tashlin
Frank Tashlin (born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972), also known as Tish Tash and Frank Tash, was an American animator and filmmaker. He was best known for his work on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of animated shorts for Warner Bros. Cartoons, Warner Bros., as well as his work as a director of live-action comedy films. Animator and brief career as cartoonist Born in Weehawken, New Jersey, Tashlin drifted from job to job after dropping out of high school in New Jersey at age 13. In 1930, he began working for John Foster (cartoonist), John Foster as a cartoonist on the ''Aesop's Fables'' cartoon series, then worked briefly for Van Beuren Studios, Amadee J. Van Beuren, but he was just as much a drifter in his animation career as he had been as a teenager. Tashlin joined Leon Schlesinger's Warner Bros. Cartoons, cartoon studio at Warner Bros. as an animator in 1933, where he was known as a fast animator. He used his free time t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Came To Dinner
''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' is a comedy play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It debuted on October 16, 1939, at the Music Box Theatre in New York City, where it ran until 1941, closing after 739 performances. It then enjoyed a number of New York and London revivals. The first London production was staged at The Savoy Theatre starring Robert Morley and Coral Browne. In 1990, Browne stated in a televised biographical interview, broadcast on UK Channel 4 (entitled ''Caviar to the General''), that she bought the rights to the play, borrowing money from her dentist to do so. When she died, her will revealed that she had received royalties for all later productions and adaptations of the play. Synopsis The play is set in the small town of Mesalia, Ohio in the weeks leading to Christmas in the late 1930s. The famously outlandish New York City radio wit Sheridan Whiteside ('Sherry' to his friends) is invited to dine at the house of the well-to-do factory owner Ernest W. Stanl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By Carl Stalling
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daffy Duck Films
Daffy Duck is an animation, animated cartoon character created by animators Tex Avery and Bob Clampett for Warner Bros. Cartoons, Leon Schlesinger Productions. Styled as an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic American black duck, black duck, he has appeared in cartoon series such as ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'', in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig or Speedy Gonzales. He was one of the first of the new "wikt:screwball, screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to replace traditional everyman characters who were more popular earlier in the decade, such as Mickey Mouse, Porky Pig, and Popeye. Daffy starred in 130 shorts in the Golden age of American animation, golden age, making him the third-most frequent character in the ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons, behind Bugs Bunny's 167 appearances and Porky Pig's 153 appearances. Virtually every Warner Bros. cartoon director, most notably Bob Clampett, Robert McKimso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Warner Bros
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar became a Roman Consul. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 days. * First year of the ''Xingping'' era during the Han Dynasty in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Films Directed By Frank Tashlin
Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as the Short Companies * Short Brothers, a British aerospace company * Short Brothers of Sunderland, a former English shipbuilder Computing and technology * Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit * Short integer, a computer datatype Other uses * Short film, a cinema format, also called a short * Short (finance), stock-trading position * Short (cricket), fielding positions closer to the batsman * SHORT syndrome, a medical condition in which affected individuals have multiple birth defects * Short vowel, a vowel sound of short perceived duration * Holly Short, a fictional character in the ''Artemis Fowl'' series See also * Short time, a situation in which a civilian employee works reduced hours, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Films
The year 1945 in film involved some significant events. With 1945 being the last year of World War II, the many films released this year had themes of patriotism, sacrifices, and peace. In the United States, there were more than eighteen thousand movie theatres operating in 1945, a figure that grew by a third from a decade earlier. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1945 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 26 – The film '' National Velvet'', starring Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp and Anne Revere, is released nationally in the United States. The film is an instant critical and commercial success, propelling 12-year-old Taylor to stardom and earning Revere the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. * January 30 – Restricted release of '' Kolberg'', an historical epic which is one of the last Nazi Germany propaganda pieces, in war-torn Berlin. Given its cast of 187,000 (including serving military perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looney Tunes And Merrie Melodies Filmography (1940–1949)
This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' banners between 1940 and 1949. A total of 307 shorts were released during the 1940s. 1940 All cartoons from this year are under copyright, except where noted. 1941 From this year onward, story credits are fully implemented. All cartoons from this year are under copyright, except where noted. 1942 This year marks the beginning of production of color ''Looney Tunes''. For this year and the next, most would still be in black and white. All cartoons from this year are under copyright, except where noted. 1943 The Blue Ribbon ''Merrie Melodies'' re-release program starts this year. Previous color ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts would be re-released with the original credits cut. In addition, four more ''Looney Tunes'' shorts were produced in 3-strip Technicolor. The series would go into full color the following year. All cartoons from this year are unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Daffy Duck Cartoons
This is a list of the various animated cartoons featuring Daffy Duck. He was voiced by vocal artist Mel Blanc, and in later years by other vocal artists such as Jeff Bergman, Joe Alaskey, Dee Bradley Baker and Eric Bauza. Daffy Duck shorts (1937−1968) Post-golden age media featuring Daffy Duck 1970 *'' Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour'': Paulsen interviews Daffy (voiced by Mel Blanc) in the debut episode. 1972 *'' The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie'': " Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies" First TV production. Voiced by Mel Blanc. 1976 * '' Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals''. 1977 *'' Bugs Bunny's Easter Special'' *'' Bugs Bunny in Space'' 1978 *''How Bugs Bunny Won the West'' *'' A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court'' *'' Bugs Bunny's Howl-Oween Special'' 1979 *''Bugs Bunny's Valentine'' *''The Mother's Day Special'' *'' The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie'' 1980 *'' The Yolk's on You'' (originally part of ''Daff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volume 3
Volume Three, Volume 3 or Volume III may refer to: Music Albums * ''Volume 3'' (She & Him album), 2013 * '' Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter'', a 1999 album by Jay-Z * '' Volume 3: A Child's Guide to Good and Evil'', a 1968 album by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band * '' Volume 3: The Kids Have Eyes'' * '' Volume 3: Further in Time'', a 2001 album by Afro Celt Sound System * ''Volume 3'' (Easybeats album), 1966 * ''Volume 3'' (Fabrizio De André album) * '' Volume III: The Silence of Animals'', a 2003 album by Two-Minute Miracles * ''Volume III'' (Kamchatka album) * '' Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)'', a 2004 album by Slipknot * ''Volume Three'', a 1992 album published by ''Volume'' * '' Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3'' * ''Volume III (September Mourning EP)'', a 2019 EP by heavy metal band September Mourning September Mourning is an American alternative metal band that incorporates a transmedia dark culture project created by Emily Lazar and Marc Silvestri. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
