By Word of Mouse
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | October 2, 1954 |
| Run time | 7:55 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Stan Freberg |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Animation | Ben Washam Ted Bonnicksen Arthur Davis Gerry Chiniquy |
| Director(s) | I. Freleng |
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By Word of Mouse is a three hundred and thirty-ninth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 2, 1954. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.
Hans, a mouse from Germany, recounts the tale of how met his cousin in the United States, and how they got educated on free market capitalism.
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Development
This is the first of three Warner Bros. cartoons underwritten by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and is followed by Heir-Conditioned (1955) and the Merrie Melodies short Yankee Dood It (1956).
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: October 2, 1954 in theaters
Behind the scenes
- The title is a play on "word of mouth." You're welcome.
- The German town's name, Knöckwurst-on-der-Rye, is a play on knackwurst (a type of sausage from the northern region of Germany) and rye bread.
- Putnell University is a parody of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
- Upon seeing Sylvester, Hans says "Ich taw Ich taw ein pussycat," a semi-German translation of Tweety's catchphrase, "I tawt I taw a puddy tat."
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