My Green Fedora

My Green Fedora
Directed byIsadore Freleng
Story byBob Clampett[1]
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringJackie Morrow
Tedd Pierce[2]
Edited byTreg Brown
Music byBernard Brown
Norman Spencer
Animation byCharles Jones
Bob Clampett
Robert McKimson
Paul Smith
Ben Clopton
Rollin Hamilton
Color process2-strip Technicolor
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • May 4, 1935 (1935-05-04)
Running time
7:41
LanguageEnglish

My Green Fedora is a 1935 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film directed by Friz Freleng.[3] The short was released on May 4, 1935.[4]

It features a song, "I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora," written by songwriters Al Sherman, Al Lewis, and Joseph Meyer specially for this short.

Plot

Peter Rabbit is assigned by his mother to babysit his baby brother Elmer. Peter reluctantly does so, though nothing he tries will stop his baby brother from crying. What works is Peter dressing in some old clothes, including a green fedora. He sings a song to match the hat. When Peter is not looking, a weasel snatches the baby and runs off to the tunnels underneath the house. Peter gives chase and manages to take care of both the weasel and Elmer with a garden hose.

Reception

The Motion Picture Herald gave it a below-average review due to the perceived scariness of the weasel, calling it "Not quite so good as some of this series. A little too scary for the kiddies."[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "MichaelBarrier.com -- Funnyworld Revisited: Bob Clampett Interview". www.michaelbarrier.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ^ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 15. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
  3. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 36. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  4. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1935)". 1935.


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