Malibu Beach Party

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Malibu Beach Party

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Airdate:
14 September 1940

Series:

Merrie Melodies

MPAA Number:	Production Number:	Vitaphone Number:
5994	MM-1-10	9633

Copyright Renewed:

21 May 1968^[1]

Crew

Voice Characterizations:

Mel Blanc (uncredited)
Sara Berner (uncredited)
Danny Webb (uncredited)
Jack Lescoulie (uncredited)
Marie Greene (uncredited)^[2]
Kay Kyser (uncredited) (archive footage)^[3]

Character Design:

Ben Shenkman (uncredited)

Layout Artist:

Robert Logan Holdeman (uncredited)

Background Artist:

Peter Gaegner (uncredited)
Griff Jay (uncredited)

Film Editor:

Treg Brown (uncredited)

Musician:

Carl W. Stalling

Malibu Beach Party is a 1940 Merrie Melodies short directed by I. Freleng.

Plot[]

Jack Bunny, Mary Livingstone and Winchester host a beach party at Jack's Malibu home for various Hollywood stars.

Caricatures[]

Jack Benny - as Jack Bunny
Mary Livingstone
Bob Hope
Bette Davis
Andy Devine
Spencer Tracy
Henry Morton Stanley
Kay Kyser
Robert Donat
Carole Lombard
Don Ameche
Fred MacMurray
Loretta Young
Robert Taylor
George Raft
Clark Gable
Greta Garbo
Cesar Romero
John Barrymore
Ned Sparks
Fanny Brice as her character Baby Snooks
Charles Boyer
Adolphe Menjou
Claudette Colbert
James Cagney
Alice Faye
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as Winchester
Phil Harris and His Corn-Fed Cuties
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Deanna Durbin
Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy
Cary Grant

Availability[]

Notes[]

This is the first cartoon to have the new lettering on the Merrie Melodies logo. It is also the first cartoon to use the orange color rings and the only one to have the 1939-40 "Merrily We Roll Along" theme song.
The Fred and Ginger dance sequence is reused from "September in the Rain" (1937).
This cartoon seldom airs on American television due to the Rochester caricature being featured prominently. It did air on the Turner Classic Movies anthology show Cartoon Alley in its premiere episode about caricatures of Clark Gable and aired once on an early morning installment of The Acme Hour on Cartoon Network's American channel in October 2000. It also airs on overseas Cartoon Network channels. An American Turner 1995 "dubbed version" print exists.
The Kay Kyser caricature's line, "That's it! That's it! That's it! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! That's it! That's it!" is taken from "Africa Squeaks" (1940).