Each Dawn I Crow
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| Each Dawn I Crow | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | September 23, 1949 |
| Run time | 8:00 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan Frank Graham |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | Virgil Ross Gerry Chinquy Manuel Perez Ken Champin |
| Director(s) | I. Freleng |
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Each Dawn I Crow is the three hundred and ninth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 23, 1949. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Friz Freleng.
When a carefree rooster learns that Farmer Elmer is sharpening his axe, his conscious informs him that he'll be planning a chicken dinner by Sunday morning.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Elmer: Helwo, Woscoe? Can you come over? We're unexpectingwy having a chicken dinner.
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Elmer's farm
- Church
- Elmer's farm
- United States
Objects
- Axe
- Axe grinder
- Roasting pot
- "Here lies John" sign
- Alarm clock
- Cigarettes
- Candle
- Ashtray
- Nighttime paint
- Stone bricks
- Church bell
- Garden hoe
- Duck decoy
- Duck call
- Hunter rifles
- Eggs
- Grenade
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl Stalling.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Hawley Pratt
- Backgrounds: Paul Julian
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 23, 1949 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun based on the phrase "Each dawn I grow", and the 1939 Warner Bros. film Each Dawn I Die.
- This was the last Warner Bros. cartoon to feature Frank Graham's voice.
- This was temporarily the last Friz Freleng short Manuel Perez had worked on. He would go to Robert McKimson's unit for a while until the 1951 Looney Tunes short, Canned Feud.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
