Quentin Quail

Quentin Quail
Quentin Quail
	Screenshot of title
Directed by	Charles M. Jones
Story by	Tedd Pierce
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Ben Washam; Ken Harris; Basil Davidovich; Lloyd Vaughan
Backgrounds by	Robert Gribbroek
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures; The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	March 2, 1946;
Running time	7 minutes
Language	English

Quentin Quail is a 1946 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.^[1] The short was released on March 2, 1946.^[2]

Plot[edit]

The film presents a tale about a quail (voiced by Tedd Pierce)^[3] who goes through various trials and tribulations to try to get a worm for his baby, Toots (a take-off, voiced by Sara Berner, on Fanny Brice's radio character Baby Snooks^[4]), only to have her refuse to eat the worm because it looks like Frank Sinatra (or "Sonata," as she pronounces it).

Production[edit]

Prior to the release of this short, the name "Quentin Quail" first appeared on a model sheet by Bob Clampett, done at some point before 1942. The character is a precursor to Clampett's more famous creation, Tweety, and bears a striking resemblance to the canary.^[5] Mel Blanc provides Quentin Quail's screams and sneezes, as well as the Crow's voice.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 165. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Quentin Quail (1946): Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "Radio Round-Up: BABY SNOOKS -". cartoonresearch.com. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
^ Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. Henry Holt and Co. p. 35. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.

External links[edit]

Quentin Quail at IMDb

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[Beck-1] Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 165. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

[2] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[Quail-3] "Quentin Quail (1946): Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[4] "Radio Round-Up: BABY SNOOKS -". cartoonresearch.com. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2020.

[5] Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. Henry Holt and Co. p. 35. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.

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