Rumors

Rumors

Directed By: Friz Freleng (uncredited) Produced By: Leon Schlesinger Dr. Seuss Released: December 1943 (Army-Navy Screen Magazine issue 17) Series: Private Snafu Story: Dr. Seuss Animation: Richard Bickenbach Jack Bradbury Ken Champin Gerry Chiniquy Manuel Perez Gil Turner Layouts: Backgrounds: Film Editor: Treg Brown Voiced By: Mel Blanc (uncredited) Tedd Pierce (uncredited) Michael Maltese (uncredited) Frank Graham (uncredited) Music: Carl Stalling Starring: Private Snafu Preceded By: The Home Front Succeeded By: Booby Traps

Rumors is a 1943 Private Snafu short directed by Friz Freleng.

Plot

Private Snafu and his buddies begin talking about a recent bombing, but the story grows more exaggerated with each passing turn. Eventually, a panic breaks out on his base that a bombing is imminent. In the end, nothing happens, but the base is quarantined and Snafu is locked up.

Availability

• DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, Disc 4
• Blu-ray, DVD - Private Snafu: Golden Classics (Thunderbean Animation)
• Blu-ray - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 3

References

• Friedwald, Will and Jerry Beck. "The Warner Brothers Cartoons." Scarecrow Press Inc., Metuchen, N.J., 1981. ISBN 0-8108-1396-3.

External Links

• Rumors at the Internet Movie Database