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|name = Bacall to Arms
 
|name = Bacall to Arms
 
|image = Bacall_to_Arms.png
 
|image = Bacall_to_Arms.png
|Director = [[Bob Clampett]] (planned)<br>[[Arthur Davis]] (finished)<br>[[Friz Freleng]] (animation from [[She Was an Acrobat's Daughter]]
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|Director = [[Bob Clampett]] (planned, uncredited)<br>[[Arthur Davis]] (finished, uncredited)<br>[[Friz Freleng]] (animation from [[She Was an Acrobat's Daughter]], uncredited)
|producer = [[Eddie Selzer]]
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|producer = [[Eddie Selzer]] (uncredited)
 
|airdate = August 3, 1946
 
|airdate = August 3, 1946
 
|series = [[Merrie Melodies]]
 
|series = [[Merrie Melodies]]
|Voice = [[Mel Blanc]] (uncredited)<br>[[June Foray]] (uncredited)<br>[[Dave Barry]] (uncredited)<br>[[Robert C. Bruce]] (uncredited)
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|Voice = [[Mel Blanc]] (uncredited)<br>[[Sara Berner]] (uncredited)<br>[[Dave Barry]] (uncredited)<br>[[Robert C. Bruce]] (uncredited)
 
|Starring = Bogey Gocart<br>Laurie Be-Cool<br>Mother in Law<br>Wolf<br>Fat Theater Patron<br>Henpecked Husband<br>Lion<br>Duckling<br>Rochester Soundalike<br>Newsreel Narrator
 
|Starring = Bogey Gocart<br>Laurie Be-Cool<br>Mother in Law<br>Wolf<br>Fat Theater Patron<br>Henpecked Husband<br>Lion<br>Duckling<br>Rochester Soundalike<br>Newsreel Narrator
 
|previous = [[The Great Piggy Bank Robbery]]
 
|previous = [[The Great Piggy Bank Robbery]]
 
|next = [[Of Thee I Sting]]
 
|next = [[Of Thee I Sting]]
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|video = [[File:1901 Bacall to Arms|thumb|center|280px]]
|video =
 
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[[File:Bacall to Arms|thumb|center|280px|commentary by Jerry Beck]]
|Writer =
 
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|Writer = [[Warren Foster]] (uncredited)<br>[[Bill Scott]] (uncredited)<br>[[Lloyd Turner]] (uncredited)
 
|Animators = [[Rod Scribner]]<br>[[Don Williams]]<br>[[Manny Gould]]<br>[[Izzy Ellis|I. Ellis]]
 
|Animators = [[Rod Scribner]]<br>[[Don Williams]]<br>[[Manny Gould]]<br>[[Izzy Ellis|I. Ellis]]
 
|Layout-artist = [[Thomas McKimson]]<br>[[Philip DeGuard]]
 
|Layout-artist = [[Thomas McKimson]]<br>[[Philip DeGuard]]
 
|Background-artist = [[Thomas McKimson]]<br>[[Philip DeGuard]]
 
|Background-artist = [[Thomas McKimson]]<br>[[Philip DeGuard]]
 
|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
 
|Sound effects = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
|Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]]}}
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|Musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]]
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}}
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'''Bacall to Arms''' is a [[1946]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short planned by [[Bob Clampett]] and finished by [[Arthur Davis]].
   
 
== Title ==
'''Bacall to Arms''' is a 1946 ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' short directed by Bob Clampett. Neither Clampett (he was left uncredited because he had left the studio before the cartoon was released) nor voice characterizations are credited. [[Mel Blanc]]'s voice is recognizable as a fat theater patron (the hippo from [[She Was an Acrobat's Daughter|She Was An Acrobat's Daughter]]) and the Elmer Fudd-looking, Sylvester the Cat-sounding man in the newsreel story about how war radios can be used to detect when a mother-in-law is coming to stay at a married man's house. Impressionest Dave Barry portrays the voice of [[Humphrey Bogart]].
 
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The title refers both to the phrase, "call to arms," and the late actress [[wikipedia:Lauren_Bacall|Lauren Bacall]].
   
 
== Plot ==
This is notable for being the first film directed by [[Arthur Davis]] (even though there is no director credit present).
 
 
In a movie theater, various random gags occur before the film, such as one patron moving to another seat another patron taking the vacated seat, and so on, accelerating into a free-for-all. While the theater is in color, the films-within-the-film are black-and-white. A short "newsreel" is narrated by [[Robert C. Bruce]].
 
==Title==
 
The title refers both to Hemingway's ''[[wikipedia:A Farewell to Arms|A Farewell to Arms]]'' and the late actress [[wikipedia:Lauren_Bacall|Lauren Bacall]], whose acclaimed film debut was in ''[[wikipedia:To Have and Have Not|To Have and Have Not]]'', based on another Hemingway novel.
 
 
==Plot==
 
The cartoon is set in a movie theater. Various random gags occur before the film, such as one patron moving to another seat another patron taking the vacated seat, and so on, accelerating into a free-for-all. While the theater is in color, the films-within-the-film are black-and-white. A short "newsreel" is narrated by [[Robert C. Bruce]].
 
   
 
The main feature is a film called ''To Have- To Have- To Have- ...'', a parody on ''To Have and Have Not''. It includes reasonably realistic, possibly rotoscoped images of [[Humphrey Bogart|Bogie]] and Bacall, who are credited as "Bogey Gocart and Laurie Becool". In addition to recreating a few well-known scenes from that film (the kissing scene; the "put your lips together and blow" scene), the players sometimes lapse into slapstick (Bacall lighting her cigarette with a blowtorch, à la [[wikipedia:Harpo_Marx|Harpo Marx]]; or letting loose with a loud, shrill whistle after her famous sultry comment) and interact with the theater audience.
 
The main feature is a film called ''To Have- To Have- To Have- ...'', a parody on ''To Have and Have Not''. It includes reasonably realistic, possibly rotoscoped images of [[Humphrey Bogart|Bogie]] and Bacall, who are credited as "Bogey Gocart and Laurie Becool". In addition to recreating a few well-known scenes from that film (the kissing scene; the "put your lips together and blow" scene), the players sometimes lapse into slapstick (Bacall lighting her cigarette with a blowtorch, à la [[wikipedia:Harpo_Marx|Harpo Marx]]; or letting loose with a loud, shrill whistle after her famous sultry comment) and interact with the theater audience.
   
Although the theater was initially full, it is eventually seen to be empty except for one patron: a lone wolf in a zoot suit who goes ga-ga over Bacall. The final gag has the wolf grabbing a cigarette that was dropped in the film and jumps off the screen, and Bogie shoots him. He hands it to Bogie, which explodes, covering him with "blackface". Bogie suddenly adopts a "[[wikipedia:Eddie "Rochester" Anderson|Rochester]]" voice, and says, "My, oh my! I can [[wikipedia:Valet|work for]] [[wikipedia:Jack Benny|Mr. Benny]] now!"
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Although the theater was initially full, it is eventually seen to be empty except for one patron: a lone wolf in a zoot suit who goes ga-ga over Bacall. The wolf grabs a cigarette that was dropped in the film and jumps off the screen, and Bogie shoots him. He hands it to Bogie, which explodes, covering him with "blackface". Bogie suddenly adopts a "[[wikipedia:Eddie "Rochester" Anderson|Rochester]]" voice, and says, "My, oh my! I can work for [[wikipedia:Jack Benny|Mr. Benny]] now!"
   
==Availability==
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== Availability ==
*LaserDisc - ''[[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes]]'', Vol. 2, Side 5: Bob Clampett (unrestored)
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* (1992) LaserDisc - ''[[The Golden Age of Looney Tunes]]'', Vol. 2, Side 5: Bob Clampett (unrestored)
*DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5]]'', Disc 3, with optional commentary by [[Jerry Beck]].
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* (2007) DVD - ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5]]'', Disc 3, with optional commentary by [[Jerry Beck]].
*Blu-ray, DVD - ''To Have and Have Not'', Region 1 and 4 only, USA dubbed version included as a bonus and Blu-ray version is restored
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* (2016) Blu-ray, DVD - ''To Have and Have Not'', Region 1 and 4 only (USA dubbed version on DVD, restored on Blu-ray)
   
==Censorship==
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== Censorship ==
*The entire ending where the Tex Avery-esque wolf happily puffs on Laurie Be-Cool's cigarette, only to get shot by [[Humphrey Bogart|Bogey Go-Cart]], who retrieves the cigarette and smokes it (only to get blown up and turn blackfaced, replying, "My, oh, my! I can work for Mr. Benny now!" à la Rochester) was cut when shown on TNT.<ref> http://satamhangover.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/episode-2-cut-and-drawn-9-to-1</ref>
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* The entire ending where the [[Tex Avery]]-esque wolf happily puffs on Laurie Be-Cool's cigarette, only to get shot by [[Humphrey Bogart|Bogey Go-Cart]], who retrieves the cigarette and smokes it (only to get blown up and turn blackfaced, replying, "My, oh, my! I can work for Mr. Benny now!" à la Rochester) was cut when shown on TNT.<ref> http://satamhangover.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/episode-2-cut-and-drawn-9-to-1</ref>
*According to Jerry Beck's DVD commentary on ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5]]'', this cartoon's choppy, incomplete feel was a result of Bob Clampett never completing the cartoon due to his departure from Warner Brothers Studios and most of the missing scenes are said to be lost to time.
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* According to [[Jerry Beck]]'s DVD commentary on ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5]]'', this cartoon's choppy, incomplete feel was a result of [[Bob Clampett]] never completing the cartoon due to his departure from Warner Brothers Studios and most of the missing scenes are said to be lost to time.
   
==Notes==
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== Notes ==
 
* This is the first film to be directed by [[Arthur Davis]] (even though there is no director credit present).
*The credits for the fictitious film "To Have...etc" are:
 
 
* Neither [[Bob Clampett|Clampett]] (he was left uncredited because he had left the studio before the cartoon was released) nor voice characterizations are credited. [[Mel Blanc]]'s voice is recognizable as a fat theater patron (the hippo from [[She Was an Acrobat's Daughter|She Was An Acrobat's Daughter]]) and the Elmer Fudd-looking, Sylvester the Cat-sounding man in the newsreel story about how war radios can be used to detect when a mother-in-law is coming to stay at a married man's house. Impressionest Dave Barry portrays the voice of [[Humphrey Bogart]].
*Thief.............Oph Bagdad
 
 
* The credits for the fictitious film "To Have...etc" are:
*Doctor...........Jekyll
 
*Lawyer...........Ima Shyster
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** Thief.............Oph Bagdad
 
** Doctor...........Jekyll
*Beggar Man....Kismet
 
*Poor Man........John Dough
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** Lawyer...........Ima Shyster
 
** Beggar Man....Kismet
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** Poor Man........John Dough
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* There have been theories speculating that the short was originally planned to be directed by [[Tex Avery]] before his departure in [[1941]], although that hasn't been officially confirmed yet.
   
==Gallery==
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== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
Bacall_to_Arms_Lobby_Card_1.jpg|Lobby Card 1
 
Bacall_to_Arms_Lobby_Card_1.jpg|Lobby Card 1
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bandicam 2019-04-02 17-04-03-102.jpg|"My, oh my! I can work for Mr. Benny now!"
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
==References==
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[[Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer]]
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Izzy Ellis]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Rod Scribner]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Manny Gould]]
 
 
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Bacall to Arms
Bacall to Arms
Directed By: Bob Clampett (planned, uncredited)
Arthur Davis (finished, uncredited)
Friz Freleng (animation from She Was an Acrobat's Daughter, uncredited)
Produced By: Eddie Selzer (uncredited)
Released: August 3, 1946
Series: Merrie Melodies
Story: Warren Foster (uncredited)
Bill Scott (uncredited)
Lloyd Turner (uncredited)
Animation: Rod Scribner
Don Williams
Manny Gould
I. Ellis
Layouts: Thomas McKimson
Philip DeGuard
Backgrounds: Thomas McKimson
Philip DeGuard
Film Editor: Treg Brown (uncredited)
Voiced By: Mel Blanc (uncredited)
Sara Berner (uncredited)
Dave Barry (uncredited)
Robert C. Bruce (uncredited)
Music: Carl Stalling
Starring: Bogey Gocart
Laurie Be-Cool
Mother in Law
Wolf
Fat Theater Patron
Henpecked Husband
Lion
Duckling
Rochester Soundalike
Newsreel Narrator
Preceded By: The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
Succeeded By: Of Thee I Sting
1901_Bacall_to_Arms

1901 Bacall to Arms

Bacall_to_Arms

Bacall to Arms

commentary by Jerry Beck

Bacall to Arms is a 1946 Merrie Melodies short planned by Bob Clampett and finished by Arthur Davis.

Title

The title refers both to the phrase, "call to arms," and the late actress Lauren Bacall.

Plot

In a movie theater, various random gags occur before the film, such as one patron moving to another seat another patron taking the vacated seat, and so on, accelerating into a free-for-all. While the theater is in color, the films-within-the-film are black-and-white. A short "newsreel" is narrated by Robert C. Bruce.

The main feature is a film called To Have- To Have- To Have- ..., a parody on To Have and Have Not. It includes reasonably realistic, possibly rotoscoped images of Bogie and Bacall, who are credited as "Bogey Gocart and Laurie Becool". In addition to recreating a few well-known scenes from that film (the kissing scene; the "put your lips together and blow" scene), the players sometimes lapse into slapstick (Bacall lighting her cigarette with a blowtorch, à la Harpo Marx; or letting loose with a loud, shrill whistle after her famous sultry comment) and interact with the theater audience.

Although the theater was initially full, it is eventually seen to be empty except for one patron: a lone wolf in a zoot suit who goes ga-ga over Bacall. The wolf grabs a cigarette that was dropped in the film and jumps off the screen, and Bogie shoots him. He hands it to Bogie, which explodes, covering him with "blackface". Bogie suddenly adopts a "Rochester" voice, and says, "My, oh my! I can work for Mr. Benny now!"

Availability

Censorship

  • The entire ending where the Tex Avery-esque wolf happily puffs on Laurie Be-Cool's cigarette, only to get shot by Bogey Go-Cart, who retrieves the cigarette and smokes it (only to get blown up and turn blackfaced, replying, "My, oh, my! I can work for Mr. Benny now!" à la Rochester) was cut when shown on TNT.[1]
  • According to Jerry Beck's DVD commentary on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, this cartoon's choppy, incomplete feel was a result of Bob Clampett never completing the cartoon due to his departure from Warner Brothers Studios and most of the missing scenes are said to be lost to time.

Notes

  • This is the first film to be directed by Arthur Davis (even though there is no director credit present).
  • Neither Clampett (he was left uncredited because he had left the studio before the cartoon was released) nor voice characterizations are credited. Mel Blanc's voice is recognizable as a fat theater patron (the hippo from She Was An Acrobat's Daughter) and the Elmer Fudd-looking, Sylvester the Cat-sounding man in the newsreel story about how war radios can be used to detect when a mother-in-law is coming to stay at a married man's house. Impressionest Dave Barry portrays the voice of Humphrey Bogart.
  • The credits for the fictitious film "To Have...etc" are:
    • Thief.............Oph Bagdad
    • Doctor...........Jekyll
    • Lawyer...........Ima Shyster
    • Beggar Man....Kismet
    • Poor Man........John Dough
  • There have been theories speculating that the short was originally planned to be directed by Tex Avery before his departure in 1941, although that hasn't been officially confirmed yet.

Gallery

References