“Circus Capers,” directed by Harry Bailey and John Foster, an “Aesop’s Fable” cartoon by Van Beuren Studio, 1930. Music by Ted Fio Rito. Featuring Milton Mouse & Rita Mouse, remarkably similar to Mickey and Minnie. Disney successfully sued Van Beuren for infringement.
“She Done Him Right,” featuring Pooch the Pup and directed by Walter Lantz, 1933. Animation: Manuel Moreno, Lester Kline, Fred Kopietz, George Grandpre, and Ernest Smyth. Music by James Dietrich. Features “Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding Day,” a tune by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. The cartoon is a parody of the Mae West-Cary Grant film “She Done Him Wrong.”
“The Kangaroo Kid,” a 1938 production by Charles Mintz for Columbia Pictures’ Color Rhapsody series. Written by Jack Miller; directed by Ben Harrison; animated by Manny Gould. Music by Joe De Nat.
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“The Air Hostess,” a 1937 production by Charles Mintz for Columbia Pictures’ Color Rhapsody series. Written by Allen Rose and Sid Marcus; animated and directed by Art Davis. Voice Actors: Leone LeDoux and Elvia Allman. Music by Joe De Nat.
“Bon Bon Parade,” a 1935 production by Charles Mintz for Columbia Pictures’ Color Rhapsody series. Written and directed by Ben Harrison; animated by Manny Gould. Music by Joe DeNat.
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