Elmer's Candid Camera
Elmer's Candid Camera | |
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Directed by | Charles Jones |
Story by | Rich Hogan Tedd Pierce (unc.) |
Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
Starring | Mel Blanc Arthur Q. Bryan (both unc.) |
Edited by | Treg Brown (unc.) |
Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
Animation by | Bob McKimson Uncredited animators: Ken Harris Phil Monroe Robert Cannon Rod Scribner[1] |
Layouts by | John McGrew (unc.) |
Backgrounds by | Paul Julian (unc.) |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 7:49 |
Language | English |
Elmer's Candid Camera is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones.[2] The short was released on March 2, 1940 and features Elmer Fudd.[3]
This is the first appearance of a redesigned Elmer Fudd (voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan), a character previously known as Egghead. It is also the fourth appearance of the prototype rabbit that would later evolve into Bugs Bunny. Apart from making a fool of Elmer Fudd, the usual characteristics are absent; the voice used by Mel Blanc is closer to Daffy Duck (without the lisp) than its mature form.
Plot
Elmer is reading a book on how to photograph wildlife. He walks and whistles at the same time when holding the camera. He finds a rabbit and wants to take a picture of him. The rabbit finds himself a convenient victim to harass as Elmer tries to photograph him. Elmer points to where the rabbit was sleeping and tells him that he wants to take a picture of him. This tormenting eventually drives Elmer insane, causing him to jump into a lake and nearly drown. The rabbit saves him, ensures that Elmer is perfectly all right - and promptly kicks him straight back into the lake. Then, the rabbit throws Elmer's "How To Photograph Wildlife" book on his head, thus ending the cartoon as the screen irises-out.
Home media
- VHS- Cartoon Moviestars: Elmer!
- VHS- Looney Tunes Collectors Edition: Wabbit Tales
- Laserdisc- Bugs! and Elmer!
- Laserdisc- Golden Age of Looney Tunes Vol 2
- DVD- Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1
- DVD- Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 1
- DVD- The Essential Bugs Bunny
- Blu-ray- Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2[4]
References
- ^ "The Rod Scribner Reel ( Remake)". 2 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 99. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 77–79. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
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External links
- 1940 films
- 1940 short films
- 1940 animated films
- 1940s American animated films
- 1940s animated short films
- Merrie Melodies short films
- Short films directed by Chuck Jones
- Films about photographers
- English-language films
- 1940 comedy films
- American films
- American animated short films
- Films featuring Bugs Bunny
- Films produced by Leon Schlesinger
- Warner Bros. animated short films, 1940s
- Merrie Melodies stubs