Hold Anything

Hold Anything
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Production company	Harman-Ising Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	August 9, 1930 (earliest known date)
Run time	6 minutes
Starring	Bernard B. Brown Rochelle Hudson
Producer(s)	Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by	Frank Marsales
Animation	Isadore Freleng Norm Blackburn
Director(s)	Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising
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Hold Anything is the third short in the Looney Tunes theatrical series. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 9, 1930. It was produced and directed by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, the founders of Harman-Ising Productions and creators of the series.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bosko	Bernard B. Brown
Honey	Rochelle Hudson

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Construction site

Music

The score was composed by Frank Marsales.

Songs

• "Don't Hold Everything" by Ray Henderson - played on a typewriter by Bosko

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: August 9, 1930

Behind the scenes

• The mice who work in the construction site bear a strong resemblance to Mickey Mouse.
• This short is available in the public domain, due to Warner Bros. failing to renew the copyright in 1959.

In popular culture

• A clip of this short was featured in the 2003 TV documentary Animated Century, which showcased over 100 animated films from 26 countries.

Home availability

• Not available. 😢