Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs

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Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
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Production company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	January 16, 1943
Run time	7 minutes
Starring	Vivian Dandridge Leo Watson Mel Blanc Lillian Randolph Danny Webb
Music composed by	Carl W. Stalling Eddie Beals and His Orchestra
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Rod Scribner
Director(s)	Robert Clampett
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Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs is the two hundred and fifteenth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 16, 1943. It written by Warren Foster, produced by Leon Schlesinger, and directed by Bob Clampett.

So White, a young lady overseen by a jealous queen, is fled by a group of assassins from Murder Inc. After wooing the thugs with her kisses, they enlist themselves to the U.S. Army, unaware that the queen is plotting a scheme to kill So White by herself.

Memorable quotes

Mammy: Well, once there was a mean ol' queen. And she lived in a gorgeous castle. And was that ol' gal rich! She was just as rich as she was mean! She had everything!

Prince Chawmin': That mean ol' queen sure is a fright, but her gal So White is dyn-a-mite!

So White: Some folks think I's kinda dumb, but I know someday my prince will come.
Prince Chawmin': So White, you're right for I... has... come!

Queen: Hello, Murder Incorporated? BLACKOUT SO WHITE!!!

Worm: Man, that smell like Limburger cheese!

Prince Chawmin': I'll give her that kiss, and it won't be a dud. I'll bring her to life with my special... Rosebud!

Prince Chawmin': Man, what you get 'bout that made So White think you so hot?
Dopey: Well, that is a military secret!

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mammy	Lilian Randolph
Honeychile	Lillian Randolph
Queen	Danny Webb Ruby Dandridge (sweet voice/laugh)
Prince Chawmin'	Leo Watson
So White	Vivian Dandridge
Dopey	Mel Blanc
Worm	Mel Blanc

Organizations

• Murder, Inc.
• United States Army

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Queen's castle

Objects

• Bacon and eggs
• Poisoned apple
• Artillery cannon

Vehicles

• Prince Chawmin's car
• Murder, Inc. van
• Jeep
• "Beep"
• "Peep"

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling, with additional composition by Eddie Beals and His Orchestra, which Clampett hired to score the trumpet solos used in the final scene of the short.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 16, 1943 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The short is the eighth of eleven Warner Bros. animated shorts that fall under the Censored Eleven, a group of cartoons withheld from syndication in 1968 for its offensive use of Black stereotypes.
• The plot of this short is a spoof of the Snow White fairy tale, and the 1937 Disney animated film adaptation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The title is also a play on the Disney film.
• The extreme close-up of Prince Chawmin' saying "Rosebud" is a reference to the first scene in Citizen Kane.

Home availability

• Not available due to the aforementioned stereotypes.