Don't Look Now

Don't Look Now
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Airdate:	7 November 1936 Blue Ribbon reissue: 10 April 1948
Series:	Merrie Melodies
MPAA Number:	2687
Vitaphone Number:	7568
Copyright Renewed:	30 January 1964
Crew
Voice Characterizations:	Tex Avery Billy Bletcher Tommy Bond Berneice Hansell Jack Carr Shirley Reed (all uncredited)
Director:	Fred Avery
Producer:	Leon Schlesinger
Animated By:	Robert Clampett Joe D'Igalo Charles Jones (uncredited) Virgil Ross (uncredited) Cecil Surry (uncredited) Sid Sutherland (uncredited)
Assistant Animators:	Robert Cannon (uncredited) Elmer Wait (uncredited)
Background Artist:	John Waltz (uncredited)
Film Editor:	Bernard B. Brown (uncredited) Treg Brown (uncredited)
Musician:	Carl W. Stalling

Don't Look Now is a 1936 Merrie Melodies short directed by Fred Avery.

Plot

On Valentine's Day in the world of forest animals, Cupid and Satan battle over getting couples together or breaking them apart. Dan Cupid sets out to bring some lovers together. The Devil tries to thwart Cupid's every move by making it look as if the male has been cheating on the female by using lipstick stains and blonde hairs. One gag actually involves two bears getting married; the Devil tries to wreck it by bribing two little cubs with candy to say "Daddy!" The Devil ends up marrying a skunk.

Caricatures

• Maurice Chevalier - as a turtle.
• Bert Gordon - "Do ya mean it?"

Availability

(1997) LaserDisc
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes: Volume 5, Side 2, Early Avery (1995 Turner dubbed version)

Notes

• As revealed in the cartoon's original title card, this is likely the first Merrie Melodies cartoon to have its own custom-made title card background for the opening credits, as opposed to reusing the same opening color rings background for the opening credits. This practice would not be done on a regular basis until at least the 1940s, as there are still some color cartoons of the series as late as early 1939 to still use the color rings as the opening credits' background.
• A scene appears to have been removed from most prints of this cartoon, and it is uncertain whether it was excised from the original release print or the Blue Ribbon reissue. An abrupt cut occurs between the devil telling the girl bear to "sit on a tack" (making her believe it was the boy bear) and the devil laughing. There was apparently something inappropriate about her reaction or the boy bear's reaction to her reaction. The 2020 restoration also has this cut.
• MeTV aired a previously unreleased restored print of the cartoon on Toon In With Me. The original titles are known to exist in fragments. As Warner Bros. does not restore fragments or non-35mm prints, the Blue Ribbon titles were restored instead.
• According to the music cue sheets, the song "Sweethearts Forever" originally played over the main titles and continued over the next scene.

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