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Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies classic title card.png
The classic Merrie Melodies title card from the 1937 - 38 season.
Directed by Tex Avery
Bob Clampett
Art Davis
Friz Freleng
Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Chuck Jones
Robert McKimson
Frank Tashlin
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Produced by Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Leon Schlesinger
Eddie Selzer
John Burton
David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
William L. Hendricks
Story by Warren Foster
Tedd Pierce
Michael Maltese
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Voices by Mel Blanc
June Foray
Arthur Q. Bryan
Bea Benaderet
Stan Freberg
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Music by Carl Stalling
Milt Franklyn
William Lava
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Animation by Ken Harris
Rod Scribner
Gerry Chiniquy
Virgil Ross
Ben Washam
Bill Meléndez
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Layouts by Maurice Noble
Hawley Pratt
Robert Gribbroek
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Backgrounds by Paul Julian
Pete Alvarado
Philip DeGuard
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Studio Harman and Ising Pictures
Leon Schlesinger Productions
Warner Bros. Cartoons
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Format Films
Warner Bros. Animation
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Vitaphone
Release date(s) 1931–1969 (original)
1988–1991 (revival)
Color process B&W (1931–1934)
2-strip Technicolor (1934–1936)
3-strip Technicolor (1936–1969; 1988-1991)
Cinecolor (1934; 1947–1949)
Running time 6–10 minutes (one reel)
Country United States
Language English
Preceded by Looney Tunes
Followed by None

Merrie Melodies is an American animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1969, during the golden age of American animation. As with its sister series, Looney Tunes, it featured some of the most famous cartoon characters ever created; including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd.

Merrie Melodies was originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures from 1931 to 1933, and then Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, and the newly renamed Warner Bros. Cartoons continued production until 1963. It was outsourced to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Format Films from 1964 to 1967, and Warner Bros. Cartoons resumed production for its final two years.

Three of the Merrie Melodies films (Tweetie Pie, Speedy Gonzales and Birds Anonymous) won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and another three (Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening and What's Opera, Doc?) have been inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

In 2013, TV Guide ranked the Warner Bros. Cartoons (ranked as Looney Tunes) the third Greatest Cartoon of All Time (out of 60).


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