''Love and Curses'' is a 1938

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'' cartoon directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. The short was released on July 9, 1938.

Synopsis

An old hero couple, Harold and Emily, are looking through a photo album and remember a picnic they had in the 1890s that was interrupted by villain Roger St. Clair, who tries to tempt Emily into leaving Harold and going to the city. When that does not work, he takes her by force. Harold is still searching for her six months later. Meanwhile, Emily is forced to sing on the stage of Roger's bar with a barbershop quartet. Harold passes by and notices this. Roger traps Harold with a stage prop, and ties Emily to the railroad tracks. Harold rescues her, but the St. Clair snatches the tied up Emily and carries her to a sawmill. Harold calls for his lover as he entered the mill, but Roger uses a log swing and knocks Harold unconsciously into the conveyor belt that leads to a giant circular saw blade. As St. Clair pulled the lever that could send his opponent to his doom, Harold's hard head, however, not only destroyed the sawblade, but in the aftermath, multiple saw tools took its place. Frustrated, Roger pulled out a revolver to gun down Harold, but the hero repelled the bullets until the St. Clair ran out of ammunition. The villain uses a nearby lumber board to outwit Harold, but the hero grabs the board with the St. Clair and throws them out bodily, but both the villain and the board flew back at Harold. The brawl continues until Harold defeats Roger, sending the fallen foe into the river, never to be seen again. After the old couple finished looking at the album, Harold wonders whatever happened to Roger St. Clair, who then returns. He declares that a St. Clair never gives up and drags Emily away once again. Harold tries to be heroic, but sings the chorus of Poor Old Joe as he leaves the room to rescue his wife.

Voice cast

Mel Blanc Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank ; May 30, 1908July 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 comedy ra ...

as Harold, Roger St. Clair, Sailor, Man at Peep Show * Mildred Carroll as Emily * Bill Days, Max Smith, John Rarig,

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and Paul Taylor as Singing Bartenders

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Love and Curses 1938 films 1938 animated films Merrie Melodies short films Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films 1938 short films Films directed by Ben Hardaway Films directed by Cal Dalton Films set in the 1890s Films scored by Carl Stalling 1930s Warner Bros. animated short films 1930s English-language films