A Corny Concerto

A Corny Concerto
Directed byRobert Clampett
Story byFrank Tashlin
Produced byLeon Schlesinger[1]
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.[1][2]
Release date
  • September 25, 1943 (1943-09-25)[3]
Running time
7:58
LanguageEnglish

A Corny Concerto is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies directed by Bob Clampett.[4] The short was released on September 25, 1943, and stars Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck.[5]

They perform a parody of Walt Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon series and specifically his 1940 feature Fantasia.[6] The film uses two of Johann Strauss's best known waltzes, "Tales from the Vienna Woods" and "The Blue Danube".

  1. ^ a b c "A Corny Concerto (1943): Cast". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved 27 August 2021.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Ohmart, Ben (2012). Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices. BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-62933-029-7.
  3. ^ "Motion Picture Herald". Quigley Publishing Co. September 1943. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 144. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  5. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. ^ "THE BOOTLEG FILES: A CORNY CONCERTO". Film Threat. 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2019-03-12.