I Only Have Eyes for You

I Only Have Eyes for You
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Notes:	1.) The original credits were cut due to the March 17, 1945 reissue. In addition, the original BR ending is out of circulation, except CN Latin America, which airs as an AAP print, due to the LaserDisc release of the USA "dubbed version", which also airs on Boomerang in the United States. 1.1.) These "dubbed versions" continue their airings on TV in the US and EU countries. The EU dubbed version has the altered dubbed ending card, for reasons unknown. The USA dubbed version, featured on LaserDisc and the DVD Dames, retains the 1948 dubbed ending. 1.2.) The AAP print shown on Cartoon Network Latin America/Tooncast has a glitch at the ending music, but both USA and EU dubbed versions do not have this glitch. 2.) Through eBay auctions in 2007, the original titles have been found for the cartoon, but it is unknown if they have been acquired for future video releases. 3.) It is one of three cartoons in the Blue Ribbon reissue to have a big WB shield before WARNER BROS. PICTURES INC. 4.) This short was produced before Mel Blanc joined WB. However, it was released after. 5.) Working title: "I Only Have Ice for You" 5.) According to studio publicity, the iceman in the film was allegedly named "Sammy Sparrow."
Series:	Merrie Melodies
Reel No.:	7638
Starring	Sammy Sparrow Old Maid Katie Canary Professor Mockingbird
Home Video Releases:	(1997) LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Volume 5, Side 2, Early Avery (USA 1995 Turner print) (2009) DVD - Dames (USA 1995 Turner print)
Supervision	Fred Avery
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Uncredited Story	Tedd Pierce
Animation	Bob Clampett Virgil Ross
Uncredited Animators	Robert Cannon Joe D'Igalo Chuck Jones Tom Ray Cecil Surry Elmer Wait
Uncredited Effects Animator	A.C. Gamer
Uncredited Sound effects	Treg Brown
Uncredited Film Editor	Treg Brown
Uncredited Voice Characterizations	Joe Twerp (Sammy Sparrow) Elvia Allman (Old Maid, Katie Canary) Tedd Pierce (Professor Mockingbird) The Rhythmettes
Musical Direction	Carl W. Stalling
Uncredited Orchestration	Milt Franklyn
MPAA No.:	3018
Release date(s):	February 27, 1937
Blue Ribbon Re-Release date(s):	March 17, 1945
Preceded by	"Picador Porky"
Followed by	"The Fella with the Fiddle"

I Only Have Eyes for You is a 1937 Merrie Melodies short directed by Fred Avery.

Plot

A deliveryman who drives an ice truck is wooed by a homely spinster bird who hopes to entice him with her culinary talents. The Iceman, on the other hand, is only interested in Katie Canary, who only wants to marry a radio crooner and rebuffs his overtures to the point where she prefers ordering a refrigerator.

The Iceman, in order to win Katie, hires a voice imitator, Professor Mockingbird, to simulate crooners from the back of his ice truck while the iceman lip-syncs. The scheme eventually backfires when Professor Mockingbird turns blue from the extreme cold in the ice truck. Katie marries the Professor, being sufficiently impressed by his crooning ability, while the Iceman is finally won over by the spinster's cooking and baking.