''It's Got Me Again!'' is a 1932
Warner Bros.
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''
Merrie Melodies
''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animation, animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ending in 1969. Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 197 ...
''
animated
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short film
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directed by
Rudolf Ising
Rudolf Carl Ising (August 7, 1903 – July 18, 1992) was an American animator best known for collaborating with Hugh Harman to establish the Warner Bros. and MGM Cartoon studios during the early years of the golden age of American animation. In ...
.
The short was released on May 14, 1932.
It is one of the first films released under the ''
Merrie Melodies
''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animation, animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ending in 1969. Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 197 ...
'' brand and the first nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
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in 1932.
The title refers to the song "
It's Got Me Again!
''It's Got Me Again!'' is a 1932 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' animated short film directed by Rudolf Ising. The short was released on May 14, 1932.
It is one of the first films released under the ''Merrie Melodies'' brand and the first no ...
" (music by
Bernice Petkere
Bernice Petkere (August 11, 1901 – January 7, 2000) was an American songwriter. She was dubbed the "Queen of Tin Pan Alley" by Irving Berlin.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, she began performing in vaudeville as a child. "St ...
, lyrics by
Irving Caesar
Irving Caesar (born Isidor Keiser, July 4, 1895 – December 18, 1996) was an American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for numerous song standards, including " Swanee", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Crazy Rhythm", and " Tea for Tw ...
) which plays during the cartoon.
Plot
The cartoon depicts a tribe of cartoon
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
-like mice who move and dance through a musical instrument workshop, while the song ''
It's Got Me Again!
''It's Got Me Again!'' is a 1932 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' animated short film directed by Rudolf Ising. The short was released on May 14, 1932.
It is one of the first films released under the ''Merrie Melodies'' brand and the first no ...
'' plays on a dusty
gramophone
A phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910) or since the 1940s called a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogu ...
. When a hungry cat shows up and tries to eat the mice, most of them escape—but one mouse is trapped. However, he is not eaten, because the other mice attack the cat and save their companion.
Home media
''It's Got Me Again!'' is available as a bonus feature on disc 2 of the
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3.
References
External links
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1932 films
1932 animated films
1932 comedy films
American black-and-white films
Films scored by Frank Marsales
Films directed by Rudolf Ising
Animated films about mice
Merrie Melodies short films
Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
Animated films about cats
1930s Warner Bros. animated short films
1930s English-language films
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