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* The opening and closing titles are reused from ''[[Now Hear This]]'' and ''[[Bartholomew Versus the Wheel]]''.
* The opening and closing titles are reused from ''[[Now Hear This]]'' and ''[[Bartholomew Versus the Wheel]]''.
* It rarely airs on U.S. television due to its heavy stereotyping on Mexicans.
* It rarely airs on U.S. television due to its heavy stereotyping on Mexicans.
==Errors==
* On the TV Title Card variation of this cartoon, the word 'Huarache' is spelled wrong.


==Everlasting influence==
==Everlasting influence==
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==Errors==
==Errors==
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* On the TV Title Card variation of this cartoon, the word 'Huarache' is spelled wrong.


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
==Home availability==
==Home availability==
* United States
* United States

Revision as of 15:35, 4 June 2024

Señorella and the Glass Huarache
Production company Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date August 1, 1964
Starring Mel Blanc
Tom Holland
Producer(s) David H. DePatie
Music composed by Bill Lava
Story by John Dunn
Animation Gerry Chiniquy
Bob Matz
Virgil Ross
Lee Halpern
Director(s) Hawley Pratt
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Señorella and the Glass Huarache is the three hundred and ninety-third Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 1, 1964. It was written by John Dunn, produced by David H. DePatie, and directed by Hawley Pratt.

The classic story of Cinderella is retold in a Mexican-type rendition: Tired of her slavish living under her wicked "strapmother" and "strapsisters", a young woman named Señorella wishes to go on a fiesta at the estate of a bullfighter's father.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Man: It was not sad. It was a happy story. But what happened to the strapmother?
Storyteller: Ah, that's the sad part. I marry her.

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Storyteller Mel Blanc
Man in sombrero Tom Holland
Señorella N/A
Señorella's stepmother N/A
Bullfighter N/A
Bullfighter's father N/A


Locations

Objects

  • Glass huarache

Vehicles

  • Car with "mucho married" sign

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Bill Lava.

Crew credits

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: August 1, 1964 in theatres

Behind the scenes

  • The MPAA certificate number is 197733
  • As stated above, it is a Mexican retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale.
  • The opening and closing titles are reused from Now Hear This and Bartholomew Versus the Wheel.
  • It rarely airs on U.S. television due to its heavy stereotyping on Mexicans.

Everlasting influence

  • The short was the final theatrical release of the Looney Tunes series before the shutdown of the Warner Bros. Cartoons division, although it was not the last one produced, as it would go to False Hare, which was released about a month prior.

Errors

  • On the TV Title Card variation of this cartoon, the word 'Huarache' is spelled wrong.

Critical reception

Home availability

References