Back Alley Oproar

Back Alley Oproar
Directed byI. Freleng
Story byMichael Maltese
Tedd Pierce[1]
StarringMel Blanc
Gloria Curran (singing cat, uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan (Elmer Fudd, uncredited)
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byGerry Chiniquy
Manuel Perez
Ken Champin
Virgil Ross
Layouts byHawley Pratt
Backgrounds byPaul Julian
Color processTechnicolor
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • March 27, 1948 (1948-03-27)
Running time
7:40
LanguageEnglish

Back Alley Oproar is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng[2] The short was released on March 27, 1948, and features Sylvester and Elmer Fudd.[3] The title is a play on "uproar" and "opera". This is a rare exception for Sylvester as he wins in this cartoon. It is a remake of Freleng's Notes to You (1941).

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 93. 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. 183. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 140–142. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.