Red-Headed Baby
- December 26, 1931 (1931-12-26)
Red-Headed Baby is a 1931 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising.[1] The short was released on December 26, 1931.[2]
The short is the first in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series to not feature a recurring character; all previous cartoons had featured Bosko, Foxy or Piggy.[2]
Plot
Around Christmas Eve, a toymaker creates a red-haired doll, who, after he (the toymaker) departs, comes to life along with the other toys; she subsequently breaks into singing the titular song, in the process meeting a toy soldier (given the name 'Napoleon') who instantly falls for her.
However, a massive and thuggish spider also has fallen for the doll. He kidnaps her and beats the sawdust out of Napoleon. Napoleon fills his body up again and defeats the spider using a toy train. All the toys rejoice and the doll and Napoleon reunite as the titular song reprises, ending the cartoon.
References
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 8. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ a b Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
External links
- Red-Headed Baby at IMDb
- Red-Headed Baby on YouTube
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- Hugh Harman
- Rudolf Ising
- Aladdin's Vamp (1926)
- Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid (1929)
- Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)
- Congo Jazz (1930)
- Hold Anything (1930)
- The Booze Hangs High (1930)
- Box Car Blues (1930)
- Big Man from the North (1931)
- Ain't Nature Grand! (1931)
- Ups 'n Downs (1931)
- Dumb Patrol (1931)
- Yodeling Yokels (1931)
- Bosko's Holiday (1931)
- The Tree's Knees (1931)
- Cubby's World Flight (1933)
- The Gay Gaucho (1933)
- Good Wrinkles (1951)
- The Adventures of Sir Gee Whiz on the Other Side of the Moon (1960)
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