''The Tree's Knees'' is a 1931 one-reel short subject featuring Bosko, part of the '' Looney Tunes'' series. It was released in August 1931 and is directed by Hugh Harman and

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. I ...

, the last cartoon in the series to be directed by the two. Every ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon after this was directed by Hugh Harman until 1933, and every ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon was directed by Rudolf Ising until the aforementioned year. It is also the last Bosko cartoon to not feature the main character's (Bosko's) name in the title. The short is also notable for the extensive use of footage from the earlier short ''

Ain't Nature Grand! ''Ain't Nature Grand!'' is a February 1931 Looney Tunes cartoon featuring Bosko Bosko is an animated cartoon character created by animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. Bosko was the first recurring character in Leon Schlesinger's cartoo ...

'' that it reuses, in particular a scene of Bosko happily and innocently pursuing a butterfly. The film score was composed by

Frank Marsales Frank Alfred Marsales (31 August 188614 August 1975) was a Canadian composer best known for his work scoring many classic animated films by Warner Bros. Cartoons in the 1930s. He also worked with Walter Lantz Studios in the mid to late 1930s. ...

Plot

Bosko wanders through the forest with an axe, and finds a tree, but the tree turns out to be alive and the surrounding saplings (presumably its children) beg Bosko not to chop it down. Bosko then engages in a song-and-dance routine with the trees, until he is distracted by and follows a butterfly, leading him into another song-and-dance routine with several other living trees and the animals of the forest.

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* * 1931 films 1931 animated films 1930s American animated films 1930s animated short films Fictional trees Films scored by Frank Marsales Films directed by Hugh Harman Films directed by Rudolf Ising Bosko films Films set in forests Looney Tunes shorts {{looney-tunes-stub