Lighthouse Mouse
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | March 12, 1955 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Sid Marcus |
| Animation | Phil DeLara Charles McKimson Herman Cohen Rod Scribner |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Lighthouse Mouse is the three hundred and ninety-third Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on March 12, 1955. It was written by Sid Marcus, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.
A mouse causes problems in a lighthouse by turning off the beacon's spotlight. The owner of the lighthouse warns Sylvester that should the lights be turned off again, he'll be in for it. This causes trouble for Sylvester when Hippety Hopper escapes from a cargo freight ship and helps the little mouse out.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Polly: Lights are out! Lights are out! RAWK! (whistles) Lights are out! Lights are out! RAWK! (whistles)
Sylvester: I must've been getting lighthouse eyes. Astigmatism. That's what it is! A-sth-sth-sth-tigmatism! I need vitamins. Vitamins! BIG MOUSE! Whoop! Vitamins, vitamins! That's what I need!
Sylvester: I never thought just being a pussycat could be so complicated.
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Lighthouse beacon
- Cuckoo clock
- Hippety's crate
- Mousetrap
- Medicine cabinet
- Eyedrops
- Vitamin pills
- Scissors
- Shillelagh
- Electric-proof tape
- Dynamite
- Baseball bat
- Battery and electrical wires
Vehicles
- Australian cargo ship
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: March 12, 1955 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The working title was "Light Mouse Keeping."
- This is the last short Robert McKimson directed under his old production unit. Beginning with The Hole Idea, he would direct and animate some of his cartoons while he waited to get a crew for the new unit.
Home availability
- In the United States:
