September in the Rain

This is about the theatrical short. For the song, see September in the Rain (song).

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September in the Rain
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
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.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Grocery store

Objects

• Tootsie Tooth Paste
• Carmel
• My Ami? Powder
• Threaded Wheat
• Aunt Emma's Pancake Flour

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

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; 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, in addition to the Al Jolson music number.
• 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".

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • July 14, 1994: MGM/UA Home Video releases The Golden Age of Looney Tunes: Volume 4 on LaserDisc.