You Ought to Be in Pictures

For the song, see You Oughta Be in Pictures.
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Directed byI. Freleng
Story byJack Miller
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
Leon Schlesinger
Fred Jones
Chuck Jones
Bob Clampett
Michael Maltese
Gerry Chiniquy
Henry Binder
Paul Marin
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byHerman Cohen
Color processBlack and white (computer colorized in 1995)
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • May 18, 1940 (1940-05-18)
Running time
9:44
LanguageEnglish

You Ought to Be in Pictures is a 1940 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes short film directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The cartoon was released on May 18, 1940, and stars Porky Pig and Daffy Duck.[2]

The film combined live-action and animation, and features live-action appearances by Leon Schlesinger, writer Michael Maltese, animator Gerry Chiniquy and other Schlesinger Productions staff members.[3] The title comes from the popular 1934 song "You Oughta Be in Pictures" by Dana Suesse and Edward Heyman, which plays in the beginning of the film.

In 2016, it was shortlisted for the 1941 Retro-Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.[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. 103. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. 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. pp. 65–66. ISBN 0-8050-0889-6.
  4. ^ 1941 Retro-Hugos Archived 2016-01-03 at the Wayback Machine, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 28, 2017