Red-Headed Baby is a 1931 Merrie Melodies short directed by Rudolf Ising.
Plot[]
When the toymaker goes to sleep, a red-headed baby doll and the rest of his creations come to life. She turns on the radio and they have a party. An evil spider on the ceiling spies her and comes down to abduct her. Napoleon the toy soldier comes to her rescue.
Availability[]
(1992) LaserDisc
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3, Side 1: Harman-Ising
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 3, Side 1: Harman-Ising
(2006) DVD
Cimarron (USA 1995 Turner redrawn version)
Cimarron (USA 1995 Turner redrawn version)
(2023) Blu-ray
Cimarron (restored)
Cimarron (restored)
Censorship[]
- When TBS, prior to the creation of Cartoon Network, aired this cartoon, it was a redrawn version that cut the part near the end where the title character dances with two blackfaced dolls.[2]
Notes[]
- This is the first Merrie Melodies short not to feature a recurring character (for example Foxy and Piggy being recurring characters in the Merrie Melodies series). In a few later Merrie Melodies shorts, the series would feature another recurring character known as Goopy Geer. After three shorts featuring the character, non-recurring characters were maintained throughout the series until the late 1930s and early 1940s.
- Despite this, Piggy still appears at the ending drum. He would remain in the ending titles until "I Love a Parade".
- This is the first Merrie Melodies short to use the third version of the theme song "Get Happy".
- This cartoon entered the public domain in 1959 as United Artists did not renew the copyright in time.
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