Dr. Jerkyl's Hide

Dr. Jerkyl's Hide
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	May 8, 1954
Starring	Mel Blanc Stan Freberg
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Arthur Davis Manuel Perez Ken Champin Virgil Ross
Director(s)	I. Freleng
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Dr. Jerkyl's Hide is the three hundred and thirty-second Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on May 8, 1954. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Friz Freleng.

Alfie and Chester, two English Dogs, chase Sylvester to the laboratory of Dr. Jekyll, where the timid pussycat drinks what he thinks is soda pop. But when Alfie enters the building to rough up Sylvester, he is soon met with a predatory monster.

Memorable quotes

Chester: You're yellow!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Alfie	Mel Blanc
Chester	Stan Freberg
Sylvester	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • England
    • London
      • Dr. Jekyll's Lab

Objects

• Cup of Hyde Formula

Production

Filming

The film was copyrighted in 1954 (MCMLIII).

Music

The score was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Hawley Pratt
• Backgrounds: Irv Wyner

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: May 8, 1954

Behind the scenes

• The title is pun on the personas of Jekyll and Hyde, from the Robert Louis Stevenson story The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
• As in their previous cartoon, Tree for Two, Chester, oblivious to what Spike (named Alfie in this short) had really gone through, is disillusioned by his cowardice, resulting in the dogs switching roles in the end.
• When the chase starts, a sign on a building reads "Wyner Loan Co.", a reference to background artist Irv Wyner.