House Hunting Mice

House Hunting Mice
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	October 4, 1947
Run time	7 minutes
Starring	Mel Blanc Stan Freberg
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl W. Stalling
Story by	Warren Foster Tedd Pierce
Animation	Phil Monroe Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan Ken Harris
Director(s)	Charles M. Jones
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House Hunting Mice is the two hundred and twenty-eighth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 4, 1947. It was written by Michael Maltese and Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Chuck Jones.

Hubie and Bertie find themselves inside of an automated "House of Tomorrow," which results in a full-scale inspection by a cleaning robot.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Hubie	Mel Blanc
Bertie	Stan Freberg

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • House of Tomorrow

Objects

• Automated phonograph
• Automatic sweeper robot
• Automatic laundry machine
• Cheese dispenser
• Repair service robot
• Spring cleaning robots

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1947 (MCMXLVII).

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Songs

• "Three Blind Mice" - title card.
• "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott - leitmotif for the automatic sweeping robots

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 4, 1947 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The MPAA certificate number is 12049.
• It is a reimagining of Jones' 1939 cartoon Dog Gone Modern.
• It is the first Warner Bros. cartoon to have its colors processed in Cinecolor, since Beauty and the Beast in 1934.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • August 28 2012: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection on Blu-ray.
  • August 28 2012: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection on DVD.