Merrie Melodies 1936-37: Building a Better Terrace
By the beginning of the 1936-37 season, many of the building blocks that would form the ediface of Warner Bros Cartoons were available to Leon Schlesinger.
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Looney Tunes 1936-37: We’ve Got Ourselves a Star… Let’s Get Another
Carl W. Stalling comes aboard to do the musical scores, replacing the Brown – Spencer team, finding new ways to use the Warner songs creatively in the cartoons.
Merrie Melodies 1935-36: Let’s Meet Some Old Friends
Here are the melodies that inspired much of the “merrie” in the AAP package, syndicated to local television from 1956 through the 1980s.
Bye Bye Buddy!
The studio found its new star from one of the gang introduced in the Merrie Melodies short, I Haven’t Got a Hat. And they continued to plug songs from Warner Bros. films.
More Musical Changes For Merrie Melodies 1934-35
Once again we continue our exploration of the popular songs embedded in the classic Warner Bros. Cartoons. This post covers the tunes inside the 1933-34 Merrie Melodies.
Big Changes For Merrie Melodies 1934-35
During the 1934-35 season, Warner found a new way of introducing their movies. They began throwing their shield at the audience out of a bank of clouds.
Big Changes For Merrie Melodies 1933-34
The new season for 1933-34 saw some big changes for the Warner cartoon division. Here’s the music the cartoons contained in that period.
Merrie Tunes and Looney Melodies …Enter Buddy
Harman and Ising left the Schlesinger studio – taking star “Bosko” with them. A new character was now required to front the “Looney Tunes” series. That character was “Buddy”.
Exit Bosko… “So Long, Folks!”
Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were about to leave – and taking the studio’s most popular character with them. Here is Warner’s last batch of Boskos.
Tunes From The Merrie Melodies 1932-33 Season
By the end of the 1932-33 movie season, the film industry was seeing light at the end of the tunnel- and the Merrie Melodies continued to plug Warner’s popular published songs.
