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<i>Looney Tunes</i> and <i>Merrie Melodies</i> filmography (1940–1949)

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)

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This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by Warner Bros. under the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies banners between 1940 and 1949.

See also: Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography

A total of 307 shorts were released during the 1940s.

1940

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1941

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1942

This year marks the beginning of production of color Looney Tunes. For this year and the next, most would still be in black and white.

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1943

The Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies re-release program starts this year. Previous color Merrie Melodies shorts would be re-released with the original credits cut. In addition, four more Looney Tunes shorts were produced in 3-hue Technicolor. The series would go into full color the following year.

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1944

From this year onward, all cartoons are under copyright and in 3-hue Technicolor.

Leon Schlesinger sold his cartoon studio to Warner Bros. in 1944; Eddie Selzer took over as producer after Buckaroo Bugs was released.

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1945

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1946

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1947

With the exceptions of A Pest in the House, Mexican Joyride and Catch as Cats Can, every non-Bugs Bunny cartoon released this year was ultimately reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies cartoon.

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1948

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1949

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Notes

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    Friz Freleng was originally intended to direct the short, but refused to work on it as he was unsatisfied with the story. Though no director was officially credited, Hawley Pratt, Freleng's layout artist, would direct the short in his place.[11][12]

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    Appears in Bugs Bunny: Superstar, Part 1
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    As the Barnyard Dawg usually appears alongside Foghorn, only those cartoons in which the Dawg appears without him will list the Barnyard Dawg in the "Characters" column.
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