Merrie Melody Deals With Mean Mice...He Was Her Man (002)

  He Was Her Man...A Merrie Melodie Cartoon


SYNOPSIS: An unstable relationship on display. A gold-digging mouse--the rat!--ditches his loyal wife for another dame...much to her dismay.
SUPERVISION: I. Freleng
STORY: N/A
ANIMATION: Paul Smith, Cal Dalton
MUSICAL DIRECTION: Carl W. Stalling
STUDIO: Warner Bros., Leon Schlesinger Productions

And so, we reach the first Warner cartoon of the year. Hopefully this is a good one, but I'd take anything to wash the horrible saccharine taste of Gifts from the Air out of my mouth. Now, onto the cartoon!


In My Opinion...

Rude Rats Really Make Me "Merrie"
Two cartoons in, and we're already getting good. As this is a Warner Bros. cartoon, the entertainment value improves tremendously compared to the saccharine garbage from the previous cartoon. The timing is slick, the animation is wonderful, and the music score is gorgeous, what more can I say? Since this one is a little darker compared to other Warner cartoons from this era, we probably won't see it on HBO Max anytime soon. But you never know!


Next time...Even more mice, this time of the "Disney" variety, in The Worm Turns

Comments

  1. Austin KellyJanuary 4, 2021 at 6:40 AM

    hi can yuuo upload original title please, no blue rippin

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  2. Strummz PatsJanuary 4, 2021 at 8:45 AM

    Very nice blog Derek, writers were not credited at WB during this point, but I suspect from the writing style it was Tedd Pierce's story

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  3. PokeyFebruary 20, 2021 at 8:06 AM

    Hey, just came across the blog. I enjoy it....looking forward to more!

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