One More Time (1931 film)

This article is about the short animated film. For the live action films, see One More Time (1970 film) and One More Time (2015 film). For other uses, see One More Time.

One More Time
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Directed by	Rudolf Ising
Produced by	Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Leon Schlesinger
Animation by	Friz Freleng Paul J. Smith
Color process	Black-and-white (later redrawn colorized in 1973)
Production company	Harman-Ising Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Running time	7 minutes

One More Time is a 1931 black-and-white Merrie Melodies cartoon short produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising and animated by Friz Freleng and Paul J. Smith. The film is seven minutes in length. It stars Foxy as a Prohibition-era cop dealing with various miscreants. This was Foxy's last theatrical appearance; he is believed by many to have been killed off on-screen at the end of the short, though he did make later appearances, showing that he actually is still alive and has somehow survived after this cartoon.

A colorized version was produced in Korea by Fred Ladd, for Sunset Productions, the copyright holder at the time. It was made by re-drawing the cels and backgrounds. The animation in this version is inferior, since many drawings were left out, causing jerky movement.

Plot

The cartoon shows police officer Foxy who deals with armed criminals, traffic violations, and his girlfriend's huge dog. The main action involves a group of gangsters kidnapping Foxy's girlfriend while making their getaway; Foxy chases them on a mechanical horse, rescues his girlfriend, and puts the criminals in jail—only to be shot in the back by a crow.

Featured Song

Featured in the cartoon is the song One More Time which is the film's namesake. The song is composed by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson. It was also featured in Radio Rhythm, an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released 68 days earlier.

Availability

One More Time is available on disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6.

External links

• One More Time at IMDb
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• One More Time on YouTube
• One More Time (Redrawn) on YouTube