The Queen Was in the Parlor

The Queen Was in the Parlor
Production company	Harman-Ising Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	July 9, 1932
Run time	6:43
Starring	Johnny Murray Ken Darby The King's Men
Producer(s)	Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by	Frank Marsales
Animation	Isadore Freleng Paul Smith
Director(s)	Rudolf Ising
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The Queen Was in the Parlor is the thirteenth short in the Merrie Melodies theatrical series. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on July 9, 1932. It was produced by Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising and Leon Schlesinger, and directed by Ising.

Detailed summary

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Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Old King Cole	Ken Darby
Goopy Geer	Johnny Murray

Locations

• Earth

Production

Filming

The short was copyrighted in 1932 (MCMXXXII).

Music

The score was composed by Frank Marsales.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: July 9, 1932

Behind the scenes

• This short marks the last appearance of Goopy Geer in a starring role. He would later make a small appearance in the Looney Tunes cartoon, Bosko in Dutch, the following year.
• The short fell under the public domain due to United Artists not renewing its copyright in 1961.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • July 14, 1993: MGM/UA Home Video releases The Golden Age of Looney Tunes: Vol. 4 on LaserDisc.
  • May 7, 2024: Warner Archive Collection releases The Mask of Fu Manchu on Blu-Ray Disc.