|
Birds Anonymous
''Birds Anonymous'' is a 1957 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' animated short, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Warren Foster. The short was released on August 10, 1957, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. Plot The cartoon starts with Tweety swinging in his cage, but then Sylvester opens a door and sneaks up on Tweety with blood-shot eyes. Production notes ''Birds Anonymous'' is a reference to the self-help movement Alcoholics Anonymous. The voice of Clarence the cat is similar to that of Marvin the Martian, the creation of Chuck Jones. The voice of the B.A. Cat was used by Blanc for the love-bird in ''Life With Feathers'', among other places. The premise was later adapted into ''The Last Hungry Cat'', again with Sylvester struggling against his conscience over Tweety. Reception Shannon K. Garrity writes, "Mel Blanc's amazing vocal performances — it was reputedly the Warner Bros. short of which he was proudest — rank high among the many joys of this lovingly craf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friz Freleng
Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. In total he created more than 300 cartoons. He introduced and/or developed several of the studio's biggest stars, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam (to whom he was said to bear more than a passing resemblance), and Speedy Gonzales. The senior director at Warners' Termite Terrace studio, Freleng directed more cartoons than any other director in the studio (a total of 266), and is also the most honored of the Warner directors, having won five Academy Awards and three Emmy Awards. After Warner closed down the animation studio in 1963, Freleng and business partner David H. DePatie founded DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, which produced cartoons (including ''The Pink Panthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, is inflammation of the conjunctiva, outermost layer of the white part of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelid. It makes the eye appear pink or reddish. Pain, burning, scratchiness, or itchiness may occur. The affected eye may have increased tears or be "stuck shut" in the morning. Swelling of the sclera, white part of the eye may also occur. Itching is more common in cases due to allergies. Conjunctivitis can affect one or both eyes. The most common infectious causes are viral infection, viral followed by bacterial infection, bacterial. The viral infection may occur along with other symptoms of a common cold. Both viral and bacterial cases are easily spread between people. Allergies to pollen or animal hair are also a common cause. Diagnosis is often based on signs and symptoms. Occasionally, a sample of the discharge is sent for microbial culture, culture. Prevention is partly by handwashing. Treatment depends on the underlying c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Short Films
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having '' handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bodyguard (1992 Film)
''The Bodyguard'' is a 1992 American romantic drama thriller film directed by Mick Jackson, written by Lawrence Kasdan, and starring Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston (in her acting debut), Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs, and Ralph Waite. The film follows a former United States Secret Service agent turned bodyguard who is hired to protect a famous actress and singer from an unknown stalker. Kasdan wrote the film in the mid-1970s, originally as a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross. ''The Bodyguard'' was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 25, 1992. The film grossed $411 million worldwide, becoming the second highest-grossing film of 1992 behind ''Aladdin'' and at the time of its release the tenth highest-grossing film of all time. However, the film was generally panned by critics who criticized its screenplay and performances of the lead actors. The film's accompanying soundtrack by Houston became the best-selling soundtrack album of all-time, with sales of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volume 3
Volume Three, Volume 3 or Volume III may refer to: Music Albums * ''Volume 3'' (She & Him album), 2013 * '' Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter'', a 1999 album by Jay-Z * '' Volume 3: A Child's Guide to Good and Evil'', a 1968 album by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band * '' Volume 3: The Kids Have Eyes'' * '' Volume 3: Further in Time'', a 2001 album by Afro Celt Sound System * ''Volume 3'' (Easybeats album), 1966 * ''Volume 3'' (Fabrizio De André album) * '' Volume III: The Silence of Animals'', a 2003 album by Two-Minute Miracles * ''Volume III'' (Kamchatka album) * '' Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)'', a 2004 album by Slipknot * ''Volume Three'', a 1992 album published by ''Volume'' * ''Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3'' * ''Volume III (September Mourning EP)'', a 2019 EP by heavy metal band September Mourning September Mourning is a heavy metal music, metal band, which incorporates a transmedia dark culture project created by Emily Lazar and Marc Silvestri. The concep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
''The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie'' (credited onscreen as ''Friz Freleng's Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie'') is a 1981 American animated comedy package film with a compilation of classic '' Looney Tunes''/'' Merrie Melodies'' Warner Bros. cartoon shorts and animated bridging sequences produced by Friz Freleng, hosted by Bugs Bunny. The new footage was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and the first ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' film with a compilation of classic shorts produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Synopsis The film starts with a showing of the 1958 award-winning cartoon ''Knighty Knight Bugs'' before going into its opening credits. This is followed up by Bugs narrating how ''Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' immediately replaced baggy-pants comedy before he introduces us to "a warm-hearted humble little introvert called Yosemite Sam". Act 1: ''Satan's Waitin In a shot-for-shot remake of '' Devil's Feud Cake'', Yosemite Sam courts Grann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedy Gonzales
Speedy Gonzales is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast, being quick-witted and heroic while speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent. He usually wears a yellow ''sombrero'', white shirt and trousers (which was a common traditional outfit worn by men and boys of rural Mexican villages), and a red kerchief, similar to that of some traditional Mexican attires. To date, there have been 46 theatrical shorts made either starring or featuring the character. History Speedy's first appearance was in 1953's ''Cat-Tails for Two'' though he appeared largely in name (and super speed) only. It would be two years before Friz Freleng and layout artist Hawley Pratt redesigned the character into his modern incarnation for Speedy Gonzales (film), the 1955 Freleng short of the same name. The cartoon features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabasco Road
''Tabasco Road'' is a 1957 Warner Bros. '' Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Bob McKimson. The short was released on July 20, 1957, and stars Speedy Gonzales. It was an Academy Award nominee for best short subject but it lost out to ''Birds Anonymous'' (a Merrie Melodies cartoon starring Tweety and Sylvester, the latter of whom is also often paired with Speedy Gonzales). Plot Speedy Gonzales has to save his friends, Pablo and Fernando, from a large and hungry alley cat. The trouble is, they are inebriated, and would much rather pick a fight with the cat (and for that matter, any other cat they can find!). Can Speedy save them? Synopsis It is nighttime in a quaint Mexican village. At the local cantina, the bartender is alone as all the customers have gone home for the night, but while he is cleaning up one of the glasses, in a mouse hole nearby, a celebration is being held for Speedy Gonzales, where Speedy is performing the Mexican Hat Dance to the entertainment of the other mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30th Academy Awards
The 30th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 26, 1958, to honor the best films of 1957. The Oscar for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium was awarded to Pierre Boulle for ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'', despite the fact that he did not know English. The actual writers, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were blacklisted at the time and did not receive screen credit for their work. Foreman and Wilson have since been acknowledged by the Academy for their contributions. '' Peyton Place'' tied the record for the most nominations without a win (9) set by ''The Little Foxes'' (1941). This record would stand until 1977 when '' The Turning Point'' received 11 nominations without a win, which is the record to date (''The Color Purple'' tied the record in 1985). ''Peyton Place'' also set the record for most unsuccessful acting nominations with five; this record has been tied once, by '' Tom Jones'' at the 36th Academy Awards. This was the first time all five Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Animated Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1931–32, to the present. From 1932 until 1970, the category was known as Short Subjects, Cartoons; and from 1971 to 1973 as Short Subjects, Animated Films. The present title began with the 46th Awards in 1974. During the first 5 decades of the award's existence, awards were presented to the producers of the shorts. Current Academy rules, however, call for the award to be presented to "the individual person most directly responsible for the concept and the creative execution of the film." Moreover, " the event that more than one individual has been directly and importantly involved in creative decisions, a second statuette may be awarded." Only American films were nominated for the award until the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Hungry Cat
''The Last Hungry Cat'' is a Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon animated short directed by Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt. The short was released on December 2, 1961, and stars Tweety and Sylvester. Plot The short opens with a shadow of a bear walking up to an outline silhouette of himself and, speaking in a quasi-Hitchcockian accent, announcing, "Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you a story about...murder." The story opens with Sylvester waiting outside Granny's apartment as she puts Tweety to bed and goes to visit a neighbor. He then sneaks into the apartment and stacks a bunch of furniture to reach the bird cage, but the stack collapses and the fall knocks him out long enough for Tweety to escape. When he comes to, he finds one of Tweety's feathers in his mouth and mistakenly believes that he has eaten him. Hearing Granny returning, Sylvester runs out of the apartment and hides in a nearby alley. The Hitchcock-bear (off-screen) taunts Sylvester's success in fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life With Feathers
''Life with Feathers'' is a 1945 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' animated short film directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on March 24, 1945, and is the first cartoon to feature Sylvester the Cat. The title is a play on the longest-running non-musical play on Broadway, ''Life with Father'' (the title being the only connection between the two works). Warner Bros. would produce a film version in 1947. Plot A lovebird decides to commit suicide after his wife Sweetypuss kicks him out of their nest. The bird wants Sylvester to eat him, but the cat thinks the bird is poisonous and refuses. For the rest of the cartoon, the lovebird attempts to get Sylvester to eat him many times. The cartoon ends with the lovebird getting a telegram saying Sweetypuss is moving out, so he escapes from Sylvester in order to keep himself from being eaten. When he gets home, he finds out she has decided to stay, and he starts looking for Sylvester again in order to get himself eaten. Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
