Other than certain ones (like Farm Frolics & You're an Education) which cartoons were victims?
Other than certain ones (like Farm Frolics & You're an Education) which cartoons were victims?
Cuz if it has original titles, then show me!
@Netfan No one seems to know for sure if those edits were made before the original release or for the reissue. Sometimes the former happened but some prints still survive with the original audio (like "Bugs Bunny Rides Again" with the original Gandhi reference).
What about Mouse wreckers, since this short was reissued, who knows? maybe the ending was cut for reissue.
What happened to UCLA prints?
Fresh Airedale was definitely originally released with the WWII references. It was released on August 25 of 1945. Even though Germany had already surrendered on May 7th and The A bomb had all but assured of Japan's surrender, Japanese forces wouldn't officially surrender (Sep 2nd) until about a week after the Airedale short was released. So there was no way they could have known for sure that the end of WWII was definitely at an end. The cartoons took 9 months to make from concept to finished short, according to Mel Blanc. When it was made WWII was still at a fever pitch with no end in sight. Airedale was edited for the Blue Ribbon release in 1952 and has been broadcast that way ever since.
Also if the other scenes in You're an Education were original edits, then where does that one missing scene take place during which fade?
Everything I can find says that Mouse Wreckers was a very likely victim of the Hays Code. Cartoon violence seemed to slip by most of the time but since this particular one has quite a lot already the original ending with the chimney gag was probably deemed overkill (for 1949). All prints have the ending we see today. If it didn't pass the code, it was cut or it couldn't be released. When the 50s came along the Hays Code was revised and cartoon violence was almost never censored.
A weird, but rather interesting find.
Same image, but hopefully clearer.
Another example is Farm Frolics, which has a Grasshopper scene cut, due to Hays complaints.
What do you think?