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Malibu Beach Party is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. [1] The short was released on September 14, 1940. [2] The short is a parody of the popular radio comedy series, The Jack Benny Show.
The Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies re-release program starts this year. Previous color Merrie Melodies shorts would be re-released with the original credits cut. In addition, four more Looney Tunes shorts were produced in 3-hue Technicolor. The series would go into full color the following year. 28 shorts were released for this year.
Also by 1936, Disney's exclusivity on the three-color Technicolor process was lifted, allowing Merrie Melodies a full color palette for the first time, hence the use of the blue concentric rings (as a technical test) for the rest of the 1935–36 season and the 1936–37 season. The Warner Bros. shield was later that year changed to cyan before ...
It contains 50 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and numerous supplements. [1] Disc 3 is exclusive to the Blu-ray version of the set. Unlike Volume 1, which was released in a digibook, Volume 2 was released in a standard 1 movie case. This release was followed by Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3.
Only Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons made in color were eligible for this program. A Feud There Was was the first cartoon to be re-released with Blue Ribbon titles on September 11, 1943, scrapping the original titles. It was later re-released again on September 13, 1952, scrapping the first re-release's Blue Ribbon titles.
See the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography for a more detailed list of all the shorts. All films before Honeymoon Hotel are in black-and-white. Unless otherwise noted, all other cartoons are in three-strip Technicolor. Key = Looney Tunes = Merrie Melodies = was reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies short; NT = Non-theatrical shorts
This Blue Ribbon reissue was the last to credit Leon Schlesinger. This meant that cartoons originally released between 1936 and 1944 that were re-released after 1945 also had their original ending titles scrapped out. This short is the first Merrie Melodies short with Mel Blanc voicing characters.
It was an improvement over previous Merrie Melodies films. [3] The drawing of the film was "Disneyish", but Barrier finds that the subject matter (china figurines coming to life) is reminiscent of an actual Disney short. The film is similar to The China Shop, released by Disney as part of the Silly Symphonies earlier that year. [3]