Rabbit of Seville

Rabbit of Seville
Title card
Directed byCharles M. Jones
Story byMichael Maltese
StarringMel Blanc (credited)
Arthur Q. Bryan (uncredited)
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation by
Layouts byRobert Gribbroek
Backgrounds byPhilip De Guard
Color processTechnicolor
Production
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Distributed by
Release date
  • December 16, 1950 (1950-12-16) (U.S.)
Running time
7:31
LanguageEnglish

Rabbit of Seville is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released on December 16, 1950.[1] It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese, and features Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.[2] The nonstop slapstick humor in the short is paced musically around the overture to Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's 1816 opera buffa The Barber of Seville.[3] In 1994, Rabbit of Seville ranked number 12 in a list of "The 50 Greatest Cartoons" released in North America during the 20th century, a ranking compiled from votes cast by 1,000 artists, producers, directors, voice actors, and other professionals in the field of animation.[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. 217. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Remembering the classic 'Rabbit of Seville'", originally posted April 20, 2017 by the Opera Grand Rapids, Betty Van Andel Opera Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  4. ^ Beck, Jerry (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals. Turner Publishing. ISBN 978-1878685490.