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Norman Spencer (composer)
Norman Spencer Matthews (3 March 1891– 15 February 1940), was an American musician and songwriter. He is best known for having served as musical director/composer for Warner Brothers' /Leon Schlesinger's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon shorts from 1933 to 1936. Career Spencer was born in Minneapolis. By 1911 he was living in California working as a pianist. Beginning in 1919 he was credited as a songwriter for many songs as well as writing scores for musical stage shows. Spencer served as composer and director of music for Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1936, along with fellow composer Bernard Brown, creating film scores for animated short films in the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series produced by Leon Schlesinger. His son Norman, Jr. reportedly handled the musical arrangements for both series. According to an article for ''The Film Daily'' published on April 29, 1936, Spencer had just completed a three-year contract for the studio and signe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Brothers
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American Film studio, film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Founded in 1923 by four brothers, Harry Warner, Harry, Albert Warner, Albert, Sam Warner, Sam, and Jack L. Warner, Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American Warner Bros. Pictures, film industry before diversifying into Warner Bros. Animation, animation, Warner Bros. Television Studios, television, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, video games and is one of the Major film studio, "Big Five" major American film studios, as well as a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The company is known for its film studio division the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, the Warner Animat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy The Detective
''Buddy the Detective'' is a 1934 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon, directed by Jack King. The short was released on October 17, 1934, and stars Buddy, the second star of the series. Summary The film opens to an old house on a barren hill; within sits the Mad Musician at his piano, playing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2. A tree branch climbs through the window, and, at the Musician's magical behest, plays the keys. But the branch's playing of "Shake your Powder Puff" visibly disappoints the Musician, who then plays some more, disappoints himself, and cries out for inspiration, laughing madly: he walks over to a table, taps the bottom of a bottle, and out pops a frog, which the Musician bewitches, as the branch before, into playing. But the frog disappoints his master with a rendition of "Amaryllis", and so happily leaps off of the keys and away into a picture of a pond. The Musician makes a portrait of a man in uniform to play a violin, which the paint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pettin' In The Park (film)
''Pettin’ in the Park'' is a 1934 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Bernard Brown. The short was released on January 27, 1934. Overview The cartoon A cartoon is a type of visual art that is typically drawn, frequently animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved over time, but the modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images ... begins with the song "Pettin' in the Park", from the 1933 film '' Gold Diggers of 1933''. The first part of the cartoon has to do with the song itself, and someone loving another person of the opposite sex. The second part has to do with different birds in a swimming contest in the public park pond. References External links * 1934 films 1934 animated films 1934 comedy films 1934 directorial debut films 1930s romance films American black-and-white films Films scored by Norman Spencer (composer) Films directed by Bernard B. Brown Merrie Melodies short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miller's Daughter (1934 Film)
''The Miller's Daughter'' is a 1934 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on October 13, 1934. Plot A cat trying to catch a caged bird knocks over a small ceramic figurine of a young country girl, breaking it. A maid gathers the broken pieces and puts them in a bin in the attic. The matching boy figurine, a shepherd, comes to life, and he and his lamb go to the attic to rescue their companion. After the shepherd boy glues the girl back together, they dance to a medley including "The Miller's Daughter" by Lou Handman and Al Bryan, a Cuban instrumental, and the Blue Danube Waltz. The lamb unwisely awakens a lion figurine, who pursues him. As the girl, boy, and lamb escape the attic, the lion dashes himself to pieces against the attic door. The shepherd boy, girl, and lamb escape back downstairs, breaking a table lamp in the process. The maid, believing the cat to have broken the lamp, swats it with a broom and chases it o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honeymoon Hotel (1934 Film)
''Honeymoon Hotel'' is a 1934 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Earl Duvall. The short was released on February 17, 1934. The film was supervised by Earl Duvall. The characters were animated by Jack King, Frank Tipper, both credited, Bob Clampett, Paul Fennell, Chuck Jones and Frank Tashlin, final four uncredited. The music score was composed by Bernard Brown (solely credited) and Norman Spencer (solely uncredited). The sound was solely recorded by Bernard Brown in the uncredited. Production number 6125. Plot The cartoon follows a male and female bug/insect who check into a hotel which catches on fire. Music The song "Honeymoon Hotel" (by Al Dubin and Harry Warren) was originally introduced in the 1933 Warner Bros. film ''Footlight Parade''. This short appears on the DVD release of that film. Color process The film is notable for being the first Warner Bros. cartoon produced in color. It used Cinecolor since Walt Disney had exclusive rights to the Tech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl At The Ironing Board
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy's Trolley Troubles
''Buddy's Trolley Troubles'' is an American animated short film. It is a ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon, featuring Buddy, the second star of the series. It was released on May 5, 1934 and is the third cartoon supervised by Friz Freleng. Musical direction was by Norman Spencer. Summary Buddy is a motorman on the urban line: he leaves his home, whistling the tune of the song that he shall sing as he sets out on his run. Creatively employing a piece of his picket fence as a track, he drives his trolley car out of his shed. He stops for a large lady, whom he assists in boarding the car, and starts again before a male passenger can board. The gentleman chases the car, eventually catching up and winning a great deal of money upon dropping five cents. Once Buddy's car has emptied, he picks up Cookie, which he accomplishes by extending the height of his streetcar by an accordion apparatus underneath the vehicle. Of course, the detour obstructs traffic and attracts the unwelcome attention o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy's Show Boat
''Buddy's Show Boat'' is a 1933 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon, directed by Earl Duvall. The short was released on December 9, 1933, and stars Buddy, the second star of the series. Summary Buddy's show boat merrily rolls along a river as "Bam Bam Bammy Shore" plays and Captain Buddy whistles in tune; to his brief dismay, one of the ship's whistles blows out of tune, which Our Hero corrects by holding an handkerchief up to the steamwhistle, such that it appears to "blow its nose." A new musical number, "Swanee Smiles," begins, and we see a series of scenes of those aboard the vessel: four blackface minstrels shovel coal into the engine, and, as a gag, descend markedly in height, from the tallest, standing near the engine, to the smallest, to whom the shovel is passed, near the coal pile; two sleepy gentlemen hold on to fishing rods holding aloft sausages, which are slowly pursued by two dogs, which, in the process of locomotion, move the ship's rudder; Cookie peels potat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy's Garage
''Buddy's Garage'' is a 1934 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon, the last to be directed by Earl Duvall. The short was released on April 14, 1934, and stars Buddy, the second star of the series. Summary The film opens to the scene of Buddy happily mending a tire. A litter of kittens are nursed by their mother, fish and ducks swim merrily in a tank of free water, and a responsible car washes itself while Buddy the mechanic squirts oil into all of the necessary sockets. A sleeping dog (presumably Towser) is put to good use, as Our Hero attaches one end of an air hose to the dog's mouth, and the other to a tire. Towser's snoring fills the limp tire with air; a bee puts a canker in the plan by popping the tire with its stinger and scaring Towser awake with the noise. The dog eats the bee, but spits it back out on account of the stinger. Buddy, meanwhile, plays "By a Waterfall" on a series of files (as if the files were a xylophone), until Cookie appears with Buddy's lunch. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy's Circus
''Buddy's Circus'' is a 1934 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon, directed by Jack King. The short was released on November 8, 1934, and stars Buddy, the second star of the series. Summary We come to a balloon, in which float Buddy and several animals, including an elephant, a lion, and a bear. Buddy looks through a spy-glass to see a sign that says "Buddy's Circus will arrive at 2:00 P.M." Checking his watch, Buddy sees that the time is nigh: he releases from his arms a gaggle of stakes, which land perfectly in a circle completed by the sign, and which are hammered into the earth by an octopus, which then is flattened by the landing balloon, which seamlessly morphs into a circus tent. Two men set up walls outside the tent, and one of them begins welcoming patrons to the show. "Professor" Buddy plays the tusks of his "Musical Elephants" as a xylophone and then pulls their tails to the production of a woodwind sound. Buddy introduces, in verse, the "Ubangi twins", two performer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy's Beer Garden
''Buddy's Beer Garden'' is a 1933 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon, directed by Jack King. The short was released on November 11, 1933, and stars Buddy, the second star of the series. It was supervised by Earl Duvall, here credited as "Duval," was one of only five Warner Bros. cartoons directed by him, and one of only three Buddy shorts. Musical direction was by Norman Spencer. Summary We enter Buddy's beer garden, where are gathered many merry patrons, singing "Oh du lieber Augustin", mugs in hand. The happy opening scene fades to one of an equally merry Buddy, who balances a tray and sings of the good cheer his beer brings (to the tune of "Auf Wiederseh'n (We'll Meet Again)"), as he fixes a tablecloth and sets down two glasses of his ware, while a black dog, pretzels on its tail, behind him barks in tune. A German oom-pah band creates an ambience (and, as the band reappears four times throughout the cartoon, each time they are seen, as a gag, a small member of the group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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