Bingo Crosbyana
Bingo Crosbyana | |
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![]() The title card of Bingo Crosbyana. | |
Directed by | I. Freleng |
Produced by | Leon Schlesinger |
Starring | Billy Bletcher |
Music by | Norman Spencer |
Animation by | Cal Dalton Sandy Walker |
Color process | Technicolor |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | May 30, 1936 |
Running time | 7 min (one reel) |
Language | English |
Bingo Crosbyana is a 1936 Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng, and notable for its title song, composed by Sanford Green and with lyrics by Irving Kahal.
Plot[edit]
The plot revolves around a group of fun-loving anthropomorphic insects which have taken over a kitchen. The female insects promptly become enthralled by a crooning show-off of a fly, Bingo Crosbyana, "the crooning hit of all Havana", a caricature of the singer Bing Crosby, who incurs the jealous resentment of their boyfriends. Bingo, however, literally shows his colors (yellow) when a spider invades the kitchen, leaving Bingo to cower in fear inside a roll of wax paper. After the boyfriends team up to trap the spider on a sheet of fly paper, Bingo emerges from the wax paper roll and attempts to resume his braggadocio, only to be put in his place decisively.
Legal cases[edit]
Bingo Crosbyana was one of two Warner Bros. cartoons (along with Let It Be Me) which Bing Crosby initiated lawsuits to suppress because they portrayed him in what Crosby considered a defamatory light. In this case, he objected to his portrayal as a vainglorious coward and to the imitation of his voice.[1]
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Pictures was suing Warner Bros. alongside Crosby. Their law firm wanted the distribution of the film to cease. Apparently they lost their case. [1]
Sources[edit]
- Cohen, Karl F. (2004), "Censorship of Theatrical Animation", Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America, McFarland & Company, ISBN 978-0786420322
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- English-language films
- 1936 films
- 1930s comedy films
- 1930s American animated films
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- Animation based on real people
- Cultural depictions of Bing Crosby
- Films scored by Norman Spencer (composer)
- Films about insects
- Short films directed by Friz Freleng
- Merrie Melodies shorts
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