House Hunting Mice
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| House Hunting Mice | |
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| 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.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Automated phonograph
- Automatic sweeper robot
- Automatic laundry machine
- Cheese dispenser
- Repair service robot
- Spring cleaning robots
Production
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.
Errors
Everlasting influence
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.
