Busy Bakers
1940 American film
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Busy Bakers is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton.[1] The short was released on February 10, 1940.[2]
Directed byBen Hardaway
Cal Dalton
Cal Dalton
Story byJack Miller
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
The Sportsmen Quartet (both uncredited)
The Sportsmen Quartet (both uncredited)
| Busy Bakers | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ben Hardaway Cal Dalton |
| Story by | Jack Miller |
| Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
| Starring | Mel Blanc The Sportsmen Quartet (both uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Animation by | Richard Bickenbach |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
The local town baker faces going out of business, so an old man decides to help him stay in business after a kind deed offered to him by the baker. He then decides to go into business with the old man.
Home media
- LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 4, Side 8
- DVD - Brother Orchid (USA 1995 Turner print added as a bonus)[3]
Notes
- This short is notable for being the final cartoon to be directed by Hardaway and Dalton, due to Friz Freleng returning to Warner Bros. animation studios from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's animation studio in 1939, following the failure of their Captain and the Kids series. As a result, Hardaway was demoted back to storyman. He left after being demoted and joined Walter Lantz at Universal Studios, where he helped create Woody Woodpecker.[4] Cal Dalton worked as an animator until 1947 after demotion when Freleng returned.
- This cartoon was re-released into the Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies program on October 20, 1945.[5]
