The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives

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The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
Production company Harman-Ising Productions
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date January 7, 1933
Starring Johnny Murray
Rudolf Ising
The King's Men
The Rhythmettes[1]
Producer(s) Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Leon Schlesinger (associate)
Music composed by Frank Marsales
Animation Rollin Hamilton
Norm Blackburn
Director(s) Rudolf Ising
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The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives is the nineteenth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 7, 1933. It was produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, with Leon Schlesinger as associate producer, and directed by Ising.

In the middle of Christmas Eve, a young orphaned boy is greeted by Santa Claus, who invites him to his workshop.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Boy Johnny Murray
Santa Claus Unavailable


Locations

Objects

Vehicles

  • Santa's sleigh

Production

Development

Music

The score was composed by Frank Marsales. The songs in the short were performed by the King's Men and the Rhythmettes,[1] including the title song.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: January 7, 1933

Behind the scenes

  • The short makes use of the Great Depression as it primary setting and the first act is set at a shantytown; hence the short's title.
  • Multiple scenes from Red-Headed Baby, another Christmas-themed short, were recycled into this cartoon.
  • When this short aired on Cartoon Network, a handful of scenes in the second half were excised due to outdated Black American stereotypes and blackface, including the following:[2]
    • The boy starting a wind up toy with the label "Sambo Jazz Band", consisting of a group of Black jazz performers.
    • A baby doll fall into a bucket of coal and calling out for "mammy", only to be picked up by a Mammy doll, who responds, "Sonny boy!"
    • A trio of dolls (from Red-Headed Baby) singing the title song.
  • The short has since entered the public domain due to United Artists, the short's most recent copyright holder, not renewing the rights in 1962. It is the last Harman-Ising short currently available in the public domain.

Errors

Home availability

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media. ISBN 979-8887710105./
  2. ↑ "The CENSORED Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide" S". Internet Animation Database.
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