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The Captain and the Kids (film series)

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The Captain and the Kids
Directed byWilliam Hanna
Robert Allen
Friz Freleng
Burt Gillett
Produced byFred Quimby
StarringBilly Bletcher
Martha Wentworth
Shirley Reid
Jeanne Dunne
Mel Blanc
Music byScott Bradley
Color processBlack-and-white
Technicolor (The Captain's Christmas and Petunia Natural Park)
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
February 19, 1938 – February 11, 1939
Running time
7–9 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

In 1938, the comic strip The Captain and the Kids (Rudolph Dirks' parallel version of his own strip The Katzenjammer Kids) was adapted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, becoming the studio's first self-produced series of theatrical cartoon short subjects, directed by William Hanna, Bob Allen, and Friz Freleng. The short-lived series was unsuccessful, ending after one year and a total of 15 cartoons.[1] Following that cancellation, Freleng returned to Warner Bros., where he had earlier been an animation director. The Captain was voiced by Billy Bletcher, Mama was voiced by Martha Wentworth, the kids were voiced by Shirley Reid and Jeanne Dunne,[2] and John Silver was voiced by Mel Blanc.[3]

Titles

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# Title Directed by Release date
1 Cleaning House[4] Robert Allen February 19, 1938
2 Blue Monday William Hanna April 2, 1938
3 Poultry Pirates Friz Freleng April 16, 1938
4 The Captain's Pup Robert Allen April 30, 1938
5 A Day at the Beach Friz Freleng June 25, 1938
6 What a Lion! William Hanna July 16, 1938
7 The Pygmy Hunt Friz Freleng August 6, 1938
8 Old Smokey William Hanna September 3, 1938
9 Buried Treasure Robert Allen September 17, 1938
10 The Winning Ticket Burt Gillett October 1, 1938
11 The Honduras Hurricane Friz Freleng October 15, 1938
12 The Captain's Christmas[a][5] December 17, 1938
13 Petunia Natural Park[a] January 14, 1939
14 Seal Skinners January 28, 1939
15 Mama's New Hat February 11, 1939

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Filmed in Technicolor.

References

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  1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ Yowp (2021-10-09). "Tralfaz: MGM Odds and Ends, Part 1". Tralfaz. Archived from the original on 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  3. ^ "Charles Thorson's "Captain and The Kids" model sheets". Cartoon Brew. 2012-06-20. Archived from the original on 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  4. ^ "Cleaning House". 19 February 1938. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  5. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 40. ISBN 9781476672939.
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