Lumber Jack-Rabbit

Lumber Jack-Rabbit
Theatrical poster
Directed byCharles M. Jones
Story byMichael Maltese
Produced byEdward Selzer (uncredited)
StarringMel Blanc
Norman Nesbitt (uncredited)
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byAbe Levitow
Ken Harris
Richard Thompson
Lloyd Vaughan
Ben Washam
Layouts byMaurice Noble
Backgrounds byPhilip De Guard
Color processTechnicolor/3D
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • September 25, 1953 (1953-09-25)
Running time
7 min. (one reel)
LanguageEnglish

Lumber Jack-Rabbit is a 1953 3-D Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese[1] The cartoon was released on September 25, 1953, and stars Bugs Bunny.[2]

It was notable as the first Warner Bros. cartoon short produced in 3-D.[3] It premiered with the Warner Bros. 3-D feature The Moonlighter and the 3-D Lippert short, Bandit Island.[4]

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 266. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ Schneider, Steve (1988). That's All, Folks! : The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt and Co. p. 122. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.
  4. ^ "Starts Tomorrow, both Paramounts (Downtown and Hollywood), The Moonlighter, Bandit Island and Lumber Jack-Rabbit." Movie section, LA Herald and Express. 24 September 1953.