September in the Rain
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- This is about the theatrical short. For the song, see September in the Rain (song).
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| September in the Rain | |
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| Production company | Leon Schlesinger |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | December 18, 1937 |
| Run time | 5:48 |
| Starring | Danny Webb Wini Shaw James C. Morton[1] |
| Producer(s) | Leon Schlesinger |
| Music composed by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | Charles Jones Virgil Ross |
| Director(s) | I. Freleng |
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September in the Rain is the eighty-ninth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on December 18, 1937. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Leon Schlesinger and directed by Friz Freleng.
In the middle of a rainy night, an esemble of grocery items come to life to sing and dance.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Grocery store
- United States
Objects
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
The song "September in the Rain" is featured in this cartoon.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: December 18, 1937 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- At roughly 5 minutes and 50 seconds, it is the shortest Warner Bros. short among the Merrie Melodies or Looney Tunes series.
- It is the last theatrical short produced in the 1937 output, which totaled 36 cartoons by the end of the year,[1] and about 40 in the following year.
- Due to controversy surrounding scenes depicting racial stereotypes, it has been most commonly edited in television airings to a much shorter runtime of four or even three minutes, which included the excising of the "Nagasaki" number by the Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong caricatures,[2] in addition to the Al Jolson music number.[1]
- While not part of the Censored Eleven, the cartoon is rarely shown in any form of distribution, even in its brief censored version.
Legacy
- "September in the Rain" is the song Gossamer performs in the talent show in The Looney Tunes Show episode "Monster Talent".
Errors
Home availability
- In the United States:
- July 14, 1994: MGM/UA Home Video releases The Golden Age of Looney Tunes: Volume 4 on LaserDisc.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hartley, Sephen. (August 11, 2012). "187. September in the Rain (1937)". Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie.
- ↑ "Racist Cartoon: Tin Pan Alley Cats". US Slave (March 28, 2012). Archived from the original on October 13, 2016.
