Billboard Frolics
Notes: 1.) This is the last Warner Bros. cartoon filmed in 2-strip Technicolor.
2.) This is the last short to use the 1934-1935
Merrie Melodies curtains opening and
Jester end card.
3.) This cartoon features the first use of "
Merrily We Roll Along " (known as one of two themes associated with the Warner Bros. cartoons; the other being "
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down "). It would not be regularly used until 1936, beginning with "
Boulevardier from the Bronx ".
4.) Although this short has only one line of dialogue, the 1995 m/e track is known to exist. It was released with the
Captain Blood DVD as a special feature. In addition, the ending card is removed.
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Home Video Releases: (1985) VHS -
Cartoon Collection III , Vintage Warner Bros. Cartoons (spliced with title card missing)
(1993) LaserDisc -
The Golden Age of Looney Tunes , Vol. 4, Side 10: Merrie Melodies
(2005) DVD -
Captain Blood (1995 USA dubbed print with 1995 m/e track added on right audio channel, "That's All Folks!" end card removed)
Found in Streaming Devices: HBO Max (2020 - 2020) (restored, removed)
Uncredited Voice Characterizations
Uncredited Musical Score Norman Spencer
Source
Billboard Frolics is a 1935 Merrie Melodies I. Freleng .
Plot [ ] Various signs and billboards comes to life and starts singing and dancing. A baby chick jumps down from its sign and starts running around. A black cat starts chasing the chick, and other signs tries to protect the chick from the cat.
Caricatures [ ] Gallery [ ]
Cropped screenshot of 2020 restoration
References [ ]
