A Hare Grows in Manhattan

A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	March 22, 1947
Run time	8:20
Starring	Mel Blanc Frances Baruch Tedd Pierce
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Michael Maltese Tedd Pierce
Animation	Virgil Ross Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez Ken Champin
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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A Hare Grows in Manhattan is the two hundred and eighty-third Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on November 1, 1947. It was written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

A columnist interviews Bugs about his experience growing up in the Lower East Side and how this led to starting up his show business.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Organizations

• Variety

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Calfornia
      • Los Angeles
        • Hollywood
          • Bugs' residence
    • New York
      • Manhattan
        • Lower East Side
        • Stork Club

Objects

• Variety magazine
• Grade "A" carrot juice
• Golden carrot case
• NYC manhole
• Egyptian cigarettes
• Wooden stick
• Bricks
• Baby stroller
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)

Vehicles

• Nothing of importance

Production

Development

The short was based on a short autobiographical piece in 1945 of the same name, which was published in the December 1945 issue of Coronet magazine.

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Hawley Pratt
• Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 22, 1947 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a play on the 1943 book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which comes about in the short's climax.
• The MPAA certificate number is 11106.

Legacy

• Bugs' history with show business was expanded upon in the 1950 short What's Up Doc?

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 25, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 on DVD.
  • August 12, 2014: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 on Blu-Ray Disc.
  • November 4, 2014: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 on DVD.