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|Director = [[]]
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|Director = [[Tex Avery|Fred Avery]]
 
|producer = [[Leon Schlesinger]]
  
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|airdate = August 21, 1937
 
|series = [[Merrie Melodies]]
  
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|Voice = [[Tex Avery]]<br>[[Mel Blanc]]<br>[[Billy Bletcher]]<br>[[Berneice Hansell]]<br>[[The Sportsmen Quartet]]
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|Starring = Susie <br>Johnny <br>Rat
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|previous = [[Porky's Railroad]]
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|next = [[]]
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|next = [[Get Rich Quick Porky]]
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|video =[[File:A Sunbonnet Blue (1937)|thumb|center|280px]]
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[[File:A Sunbonnet Blue (US Dubbed Version)|thumb|center|280px]]
 
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|Animators = [[Virgil Ross]]<br>[[Irven Spence]] (uncredited)<br>[[Sidney Sutherland]] (unc)
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|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]]
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|Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling]]
 
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'''A Sunbonnet Blue''' is a 1937 [[Merrie Melodies]] cartoon directed by [[Tex Avery]].
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'''A Sunbonnet Blue''' is a [[1937]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by [[Tex Avery]].
   
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==Plot==
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== Plot ==
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After the "Snobby hatte Shoppe" closes for the night, a mouse comes out of his hole and looks to see if the coast is clear. He turns on the lights and then calls his other mouse friends out to party. His girlfriend leaves the hole last, watched by a jealous rat. When the couple take a break from dancing, the rat kidnaps her. Her boyfriend rallies his friends to find her. The mice under each type of hat in the store adopt the personalities the hats suggest, such as farmers, firemen, or soldiers. A "blind" mouse points the way to the kidnapper and our hero saves his girlfriend. The face shield of a knight's helmet serves as jailbars for the rat. Soon our happy couple marry, wearing an enormous top hat and veil.
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After the "Snobby hatte Shoppe" closes for the night, a mouse comes out of his hole and looks to see if the coast is clear. He turns on the lights and then calls his other mouse friends out to party. His girlfriend leaves the hole last, watched by a jealous rat. When the couple takes a break from dancing, the rat kidnaps her. Her boyfriend rallies his friends to find her. The mice under each type of hat in the store adopt the personalities the hats suggest, such as farmers, firemen, or soldiers. A "blind" mouse points the way to the kidnapper and the hero saves his girlfriend. The face shield of a knight's helmet serves as jail bars for the rat. Soon our happy couple marries, wearing an enormous top hat and veil.
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== Availability ==
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* (1997) LaserDisc - ''[[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes]]'', Volume 5, Side 2, Early Avery (1995 [[Dubbed Versions|dubbed version]])
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== Notes ==
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* Susie and Johnny make another appearance in "[[The Mice Will Play]]".
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* "A Sunbonnet Blue" was the final 1930s cartoon to have stock music playing on the ending titles. All subsequent cartoons ended with the "[[Merrily We Roll Along]]" theme.
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* No print with the original Blue Ribbon ending card has ever been released on home video.
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* Despite the re-release, the original credit opening titles are known to exist.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}
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== Gallery ==
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Revision as of 12:10, 10 November 2019

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A Sunbonnet Blue
Sunbonnet blue
Directed By: Fred Avery
Produced By: Leon Schlesinger
Released: August 21, 1937
Series: Merrie Melodies
Story:
Animation: Virgil Ross
Irven Spence (uncredited)
Sidney Sutherland (unc)
Layouts:
Backgrounds:
Film Editor: Treg Brown
Voiced By: Tex Avery
Mel Blanc
Billy Bletcher
Berneice Hansell
The Sportsmen Quartet
Music: Carl W. Stalling
Starring: Susie
Johnny
Rat
Preceded By: Porky's Railroad
Succeeded By: Get Rich Quick Porky
A_Sunbonnet_Blue_(1937)

A Sunbonnet Blue (1937)

A_Sunbonnet_Blue_(US_Dubbed_Version)

A Sunbonnet Blue (US Dubbed Version)

A Sunbonnet Blue is a 1937 Merrie Melodies short directed by Tex Avery.

Plot

After the "Snobby hatte Shoppe" closes for the night, a mouse comes out of his hole and looks to see if the coast is clear. He turns on the lights and then calls his other mouse friends out to party. His girlfriend leaves the hole last, watched by a jealous rat. When the couple takes a break from dancing, the rat kidnaps her. Her boyfriend rallies his friends to find her. The mice under each type of hat in the store adopt the personalities the hats suggest, such as farmers, firemen, or soldiers. A "blind" mouse points the way to the kidnapper and the hero saves his girlfriend. The face shield of a knight's helmet serves as jail bars for the rat. Soon our happy couple marries, wearing an enormous top hat and veil.

Availability

Notes

  • Susie and Johnny make another appearance in "The Mice Will Play".
  • "A Sunbonnet Blue" was the final 1930s cartoon to have stock music playing on the ending titles. All subsequent cartoons ended with the "Merrily We Roll Along" theme.
  • No print with the original Blue Ribbon ending card has ever been released on home video.
  • Despite the re-release, the original credit opening titles are known to exist.[citation needed] (December 2018)

Gallery

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