A Gruesome Twosome

For other uses, see Gruesome Twosome (disambiguation).
A Gruesome Twosome
Directed byRobert Clampett
Story byWarren Foster[1]
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byRobert McKimson
Manny Gould
Rod Scribner
Basil Davidovich
Layouts byThomas McKimson
Backgrounds byMicheal Sasanoff
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • June 9, 1945 (1945-06-09)
Running time
7:26
LanguageEnglish

A Gruesome Twosome is a 1945 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Bob Clampett.[2] The short was released on June 9, 1945, and stars Tweety.[3]

This is the last Tweety film directed by Clampett, following 1942's A Tale of Two Kitties and 1944's Birdy and the Beast,[4] and the last one before he is permanently paired with Sylvester. One of the cats in this cartoon is a caricature of the comedian Jimmy Durante.

In the film, a female cat attempts to end a love triangle involving her and her two suitors, by proclaiming that she will choose the male who can bring her a bird as an offering. The two rival males choose Tweety as their prey, who persistently outwits them.

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 87. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
  2. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 160. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 151–152. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Robert Clampett". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-03-31.