The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1938



The Lamp Lighter

"The Lamp Lighter"

Release Date: 1/10/38
Direction: Walter Lantz
Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
Animators: Ray Fahringer and Ted Dubois
Musical Direction: Nathaniel Shilkre

Notes:
  • Production Number: 834
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    Man Hunt

    "Man Hunt"

    Release Date: 2/7/38
    Direction: Walter Lantz
    Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
    Animators: Lester Kline and Ralph Somerville
    Musical Direction: Frank Marsales

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 840
  • Copyrighted as "The Manhunt"
  • First musical score by Frank Marsales for Lantz. For now, Lantz would experiment between Marsales and Frank Churchill.
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    Yokel Boy Makes Good

    "Yokel Boy Makes Good"

    Release Date: 2/21/38
    Direction: Walter Lantz
    Story: Victor McLeod and Win Smith
    Animators: Ray Fahringer and Laverne Harding
    Musical Direction: Nathaniel Shilkre

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 841
  • The first appearance of Snuffy Skunk
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    Trade Mice

    "Trade Mice"

    Release Date: 2/28/38
    Direction: Walter Lantz
    Story: Victor McLeod and Win Smith
    Animators: Rudy Zamora and Frank Amon
    Musical Direction: Nathaniel Shilkre

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 838
  • Copyrighted as "The Trade Mice"
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    Feed the Kitty

    "Feed the Kitty"

    Release Date: 3/14/38
    Direction: Alex Lovy
    Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
    Animators: Lester Kline and George Nicholas
    Musical Direction: Frank Churchill

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 844
  • Alex Lovy's directorial debut
  • The final cartoon in the Oswald series. Oswald himself would still appear in two more films, "Happy Scouts" and "The Egg-Cracker Suite"

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    Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl (or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands)

    "Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl (or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands)"

    Release Date: 4/11/38
    Direction: Alex Lovy
    Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
    Animators: Ray Fahringer and George Grandpre
    Musical Direction: Frank Churchill

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 842
  • First "New Universal Cartoon"
  • The first of many 1890's melodrama lampoons produced by the Lantz studio during 1938 and 1939.
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
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    Tail End

    "Tail End"

    Release Date: 4/25/38
    Direction: Lester Kline
    Story: Victor McLeod and Win Smith
    Animators: Fred Kopietz and Ralph Somerville
    Musical Direction: Frank Churchill

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 845
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Lester Kline's directorial debut
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
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    Problem Child

    "Problem Child"

    Release Date: 5/16/38
    Direction: Rudy Zamora
    Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
    Animators: Merle Gilson and Frank Tipper
    Musical Direction: Frank Churchill

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 837
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Rudy Zamora's directorial debut
  • Working title: "Wildcat Willie"
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Leonard Maltin's Of Mice and Magic and Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
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    Movie Phoney News

    "Movie Phoney News"

    Release Date: 5/30/38
    Direction: Alex Lovy
    Story: Victor McLeod and Win Smith
    Animators: La Verne Harding and George Dane
    Musical Direction: Frank Churchill

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 950
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
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    Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter

    "Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter"

    Release Date: 6/6/38
    Direction: Alex Lovy
    Story: Victor McLeod and Win Smith
    Animators: La Verne Harding and George Dane
    Musical Direction: Frank Churchill

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 849
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
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    Happy Scouts

    "Happy Scouts"

    Release Date: 6/20/38
    Direction: Fred Kopietz
    Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
    Animators: Merle Gilson and Dick Marion
    Musical Direction: Frank Churchill

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 848
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Fred Kopietz's directorial debut
  • Oswald's fur is now colored. This design of Oswald was used once again in his next and final cartoon, "The Egg-Cracker Suite".

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    Cheese-Nappers

    "Cheese-Nappers"

    Release Date: 7/4/38
    Direction: Alex Lovy
    Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
    Animators: Ray Fahringer and George Grandpre
    Musical Direction: Frank Churchill

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 843
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • The first appearance of Baby-Face Mouse

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    Voodoo in Harlem

    "Voodoo in Harlem"

    Release Date: 7/18/38
    Direction: Rudy Zamora
    Story: Victor McLeod and Win Smith
    Animators: Frank Tipper and Merle Gilson
    Musical Direction: Frank Churchill

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 951
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Working title: "Black Magic"
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons

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    Silly Seals

    "Silly Seals"

    Release Date: 7/25/38
    Direction: Lester Kline
    Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
    Animators: George Nicholas and Ralph Sommerville
    Musical Direction: Frank Churchill

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 953
  • Copyrighted as "The Silly Seals"
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
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    Barnyard Romeo

    "Barnyard Romeo"

    Release Date: 8/1/38
    Direction: Alex Lovy
    Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
    Animators: La Verne Harding and George Dane
    Musical Direction: Frank Marsales

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 846
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Working title: "Fine Feathers"
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Leonard Maltin's Of Mice and Magic and Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
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    Queen's Kittens

    "Queen's Kittens"

    Release Date: 8/8/38
    Direction: Lester Kline
    Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
    Animators: George Nicholas and Fred Kopietz
    Musical Direction: Frank Marsales

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 955
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Leonard Maltin's Of Mice and Magic and Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
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    The Big Cat and the Little Mousie

    "The Big Cat and the Little Mousie"

    Release Date: 8/15/38
    Direction: Alex Lovy
    Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
    Animators: Frank Tipper and George Grandpre
    Musical Direction: Frank Marsales

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 847
  • A "New Universal Cartoon" featuring Baby-Face Mouse
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    Ghost Town Frolics

    "Ghost Town Frolics"

    Release Date: 9/5/38
    Direction: Lester Kline
    Story: Victor McLeod
    Animators: Dick Marion and Ralph Somerville
    Musical Direction: Frank Marsales

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 954
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Working title: "Ghost Town"
  • The first appearances of Jock and Jill, the Simple Simeons. Jock himself would appear once again in "The Rabbit Hunt".
  • "Simians" is really misspelled as it pertains to the characters' names.
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Leonard Maltin's Of Mice and Magic and Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons

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    Pixie Land

    "Pixie Land"

    Release Date: 9/12/38
    Direction: Elmer Perkins
    Story: Victor McLeod
    Animators: Ray Fahringer and Merle Gilson
    Musical Direction: Frank Marsales

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 952
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Working Title: "The Busy Body"
  • Elmer Perkins' directorial debut
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Leonard Maltin's Of Mice and Magic and Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons

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    The Cat and the Bell

    "The Cat and the Bell"

    Release Date: 10/3/38
    Direction: Alex Lovy
    Story: Victor McLeod and Hicks Lokey
    Animators: Jay Fahringer and La Verne Harding
    Musical Direction: Frank Marsales

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 957
  • A "New Universal Cartoon" featuring Baby-Face Mouse
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    Hollywood Bowl

    "Hollywood Bowl"

    Release Date: 10/5/38
    Direction: Elmer Perkins
    Story: Victor McLeod and Alex Lovy
    Animators: Frank Tipper and Merle Gilson
    Musical Direction: Frank Churchill

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 839
  • A "New Universal Cartoon"
  • The final musical score by Frank Churchill
  • The final "New Universal Cartoon"
  • Among the stars seen in this cartoon are Leopold Stokowski, Hugh Herbert, Greta Garbo, Groucho Marx, Bing Crosby (and his horses), Charlie McCharthy, W.C. Fields, Joe Penner (who is given the cold shoulder by Edna Mae Oliver), Ned Sparks, Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Joe E. Brown, Katherine Hepburn, Ben Bernie, Fats Waller, Rudy Vallee, Martha Raye, Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, Fred Astaire, and Jack Benny.

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    The Rabbit Hunt

    "The Rabbit Hunt"

    Release Date: 10/10/38
    Direction: Lester Kline
    Story: Victor McLeod and James Miele
    Animators: Fred Kopietz and George Nicholas
    Musical Direction: Frank Marsales

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 956
  • This and all proceeding entries would be produced under the banner "Cartune Comedy" and eventually just "Cartune".
  • Incorrectly listed as an Oswald cartoon in Leonard Maltin's Of Mice and Magic and Jeff Lenburg's Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
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    Sailor Mouse

    "Sailor Mouse"

    Release Date: 11/7/38
    Direction: Alex Lovy
    Story: Victor McLeod
    Animators: George Grandpre and Frank Tipper
    Musical Direction: Frank Marsales

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 958
  • Featuring Baby-Face Mouse
  • Reissued as "Sailor Boy" by Castle Films

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    The Disobedient Mouse

    "The Disobedient Mouse"

    Release Date: 11/28/38
    Direction: Lester Kline
    Story: Victor McLeod
    Animators: George Dane and Ralph Somerville
    Musical Direction: Frank Marsales

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 960
  • Featuring Baby-Face Mouse
  • Reissued as "Baby Face Battler" by Castle Films
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    Baby Kittens

    "Baby Kittens"

    Release Date: 12/19/38
    Direction: Alex Lovy
    Story: Victor McLeod
    Animators: Hicks Lokey and Merle Gilson
    Musical Direction: Scott Bradley

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 962

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    Little Blue Blackbird

    "Little Blue Blackbird"

    Release Date: 12/26/38
    Direction: Patrick Lenihan
    Story: Victor McLeod
    Animators: Merle Gilson and Verne Harding
    Musical Direction: Frank Marsales

    Notes:
  • Production Number: 961
  • Patrick Lenihan's directorial debut
  • Some sources incorrectly list this cartoon as "Little Blue Blackbirds"
  • Frank Marsales would now become Lantz's permanent musical director until 1941 when Darrell Calker would take over.
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