Looney Tunes And Merrie Melodies Filmography (1950–1959)
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This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by
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Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American media franchise produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The franchise began as a series of animated short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside its spin-off series ''Merrie Melodies'', during t ...
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Merrie Melodies ''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animated comedy short film series distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was part of the ''Looney Tunes'' franchise and featured many of the same characters. Originally running from August 2, 1931, to Septem ...
'' banners between 1950 and 1959. A total of 278 shorts were released during the 1950s.


1950

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1951

With the exceptions of '' Hare We Go'', '' Rabbit Every Monday'', and '' The Fair-Haired Hare'' (all
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cartoons), every other cartoon released by the studio this year ultimately received
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1959


See also

*
Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American media franchise produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The franchise began as a series of animated short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside its spin-off series ''Merrie Melodies'', during t ...
*
Merrie Melodies ''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animated comedy short film series distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was part of the ''Looney Tunes'' franchise and featured many of the same characters. Originally running from August 2, 1931, to Septem ...
* Looney Tunes Golden Collection


Notes


Further reading

* ''Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons'', by
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(1989), Henry Holt, * ''Chuck Amuck : The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist'' by
Chuck Jones Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, painter, voice actor and filmmaker, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of shorts. He ...
, published by
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, * ''That's Not All, Folks!'' by
Mel Blanc Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank ; May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for come ...
, Philip Bashe.
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, (Softcover) (Hardcover) * ''Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons'',
Leonard Maltin Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic, film historian, and author. He is known for his book of film capsule reviews, '' Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide'', published from 1969 to 2014. Maltin was the film criti ...
, Revised Edition 1987, Plume (Softcover) (Hardcover)


External links


Official Looney Tunes site
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Merrie Melodies Cartoons
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Golden Age Cartoons' ''The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website'' by Jon Cooke


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