Lady, Play Your Mandolin!

Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931)

Things are hopping at a certain Mexican cafe and then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.

Date of release
1931-08-02
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (21)
Runtime
7m
Genres
Music, Animation, Comedy, Western
Director
Rudolf Ising

Casting

Interesting facts

Lady, Play Your Mandolin! is a 1931 American animated musical comedy film. It is the first film in the Merrie Melodies series, and stars Foxy, a character who appeared in three 1931 shorts. It was released as early as June 13, 1931. It was directed by Rudolf Ising.

Production

As was typically the case with the early entries in the Merrie Melodies series, one purpose of the cartoon was to promote a Warner-owned popular song. The title theme, written by Oscar Levant with lyrics by Irving Caesar, was a 1930 #5 pop hit sung by Nick Lucas and released by Brunswick Records, which had been purchased by Warner Bros.

The credited animators were Rollin "Ham" Hamilton and Norm Blackburn, plus uncredited animation by Isadore Freleng, Robert Clampett (his first cartoon at WB according to some sources), and Carman Maxwell with a musical score and direction of the Abe Lyman (Brunswick Recording) Orchestra by Frank Marsales.

The film was said to have not been available since its original theatrical release for a long time. There are also no copyright registration or renewal records for the film, resulting in it being in the public domain.

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