Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
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| Lady, Play Your Mandolin! | |
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| Production company | Harman-Ising Productions |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | August 1931 |
| Run time | 7 minutes |
| Starring | Johnny Murray |
| Producer(s) | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising |
| Music composed by | Frank Marsales |
| Director(s) | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising |
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Lady, Play Your Mandolin! is the first Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 1931. It was produced and directed by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, the founders of Harman-Ising Productions and creators of the series.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Locations
Objects
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Frank Marsales, and as with the case with early entries in the Merrie Melodies series, the cartoon was to promote a Warner-owned song.
The title theme, written by Oscar Levant with lyrics by Irving Caesar, was a 1930 #5 pop hit sung by Nick Lucas and released by Brunswick Records, which had been purchased by Warner Bros. the previous year.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: August 1931 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- This marks the debut of Foxy and Roxy.
- This short has rarely been shown since its premiere. It was featured as part of the ToonHeads special, The Lost Warner Bros. Cartoons, albeit with some parts cut for time.[1]
- It entered the public domain in 1960 due to Warner Bros. failing to renew its copyright in time.
Errors
Home availability
- In the United States:
- October 28, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 on DVD.
- January 25, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Little Ceasar on DVD.
- October 16, 2012: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2 on Blu-ray and DVD.
- May 21, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Little Ceasar on Blu-ray.
- Jul 25, 2023: Warner Archive Collection releases Cimarron on Blu-ray.
References
- ↑ ToonHeads: The Lost Warner Bros. Cartoons.
