Let It Be Me

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Airdate:
2 May 1936 Blue Ribbon reissue: 16 September 1944

Series:

Merrie Melodies

MPAA Number:	Vitaphone Number:
2048	7260

Copyright Renewed:

30 January 1964^[1]

Starring:

Emily the Chicken

Crew

Film Editor:

Bernard B. Brown (uncredited)
Treg Brown (uncredited)

Musician:

Bernard Brown
Norman Spencer (uncredited)

Let It Be Me is a 1936 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.

Plot[]

All over town, hens are swooning for the singer Mr. Bingo. Out in the country, Clem, a hayseed rooster, brings flowers to his sweetie, Emily the Chicken. Mr. Bingo drives by and stops to ogle Emily's legs. He offers to show her the city, and she hops into his car, leaving the hayseed green with envy. Mr. Bingo takes her to a nightclub and gives her her first taste of wine. When the chanteuse shows interest in him, he kicks Emily to the curb.

As "time staggers on", Emily struggles to survive in the city. Meanwhile, in the country, Clem still pines over his picture of Emily. When one of Mr. Bingo's songs comes on the radio, he smashes it and, braving a blizzard, trudges into the city to strangle the singer. When he finally reaches the radio station, he enters and closes the door behind him as a beating ensues. He walks around the corner and finds Emily selling violets on the street, and both rejoice at the reunion.

Back home in the country, Clem and Emily sit in front of the fireplace, watching their chicks play. One of the chicks wanders over to the piano, spies some sheet music, and begins to sing a Mr. Bingo song, and a book promptly smacks him in the head.

Caricatures[]

Bing Crosby - Mr. Bingo
Mae West

Availability[]

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Notes[]

While this short airs using the a.a.p. print on the Turner networks, as evident from the ToonHeads episode "Emily the Chicken", the USA Turner print was released on the Follow the Fleet DVD.