Things are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.Things are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.Things are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.
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- Hugh Harman(uncredited)
- Rudolf Ising(uncredited)
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- TriviaOriginally, the Merrie Melodies were intended to showcase songs from the Warner Brothers musical library; only later did the Merrie Melodies become interchangeable with the Looney Tunes.
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[first lines]
Animals: [singing] Lady, play your mandolin. / Lady, let that tune begin.
- ConnectionsEdited into Goopy Geer (1932)
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Lady, Play Your Mandolin! is a highly amusing first Merrie Melodies short
If it wasn't for the fact that the male and female leads had triangle ears and long bushy tails, they would've been mistaken for Mickey and Minnie Mouse (maybe Walt Disney did and threatened to sue so Leon Schlesinger told his cartoon directors Hugh Harmon and Rudolf Ising-former Disney animators-to stop making Foxy cartoons). Anyway, Foxy rides on his horse to a bar in a desert town to see his girlfriend play the title song. This being pre-Code (and no stigma of cartoons being only a children's medium then), there's lots of drinking of alcohol treated in a humorous manner especially of the horse at the climax. Historically important since this was the first Merrie Melodies short after a year of Looney Tunes with Bosko as the star. Highly amusing though a long way from the classics that starred Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, etc. Still, worth seeing for any animation buff especially of Warner Bros. cartoons.
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- tavm
- Jun 2, 2007
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By what name was Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931) officially released in Canada in English?
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