The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1946



The Poet and Peasant

"The Poet and Peasant"

Release Date: 3/18/46
Direction: Dick Lundy
Story: Ben Hardaway and Milt Schaffer
Animation: Les Kline and Paul Smith
Music: Darrell Calker
Backgrounds: Terry Lind

Notes:
  • Production Number: E-6
  • Academy Award nominee
  • The first of the Musical Minature series.

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    Mousie Come Home

    "Mousie Come Home"

    Release Date: 4/15/46
    Direction: James Culhane
    Story: Ben Hardaway and Milt Schaffer
    Animation: Pat Matthews and Paul Smith
    Music: Darrell Calker
    Backgrounds: Terry Lind

    Notes:
  • Production Number: E-4

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    Apple Andy

    "Apple Andy"

    Release Date: 5/20/46
    Direction: Dick Lundy
    Story: Ben Hardaway and Milt Schaffer
    Animation: Laverne Harding and Emery Hawkins
    Music: Darrell Calker
    Backgrounds: Terry Lind
    Featuring "Up Jumped the Devil (With the White Nightgown)"

    Notes:
  • Production Number: F-2
  • Last onscreen credit for Emery Hawkins at Lantz
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    Who's Cookin' Who?

    "Who's Cookin' Who?"

    Release Date: 6/24/46
    Direction: James Culhane
    Story: Ben Hardaway and Milt Schaffer
    Animation: Les Kline and Grim Natwick
    Music: Darrell Calker
    Backgrounds: Terry Lind

    Notes:
  • Production Number: F-1
  • Model sheets for this cartoon refer to Woody's wolf nemesis as "Wolfie Wolf"

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    Bathing Buddies

    "Bathing Buddies"

    Release Date: 7/1/46
    Direction: Dick Lundy
    Story: Ben Hardaway and Milt Schaffer
    Animation: Paul Smith and Bernard Garbutt
    Music: Darrell Calker

    Notes:
  • Production Number: F-4
  • Most copies of this cartoon omit the reference to "No Opium Smoking" on Wally's "Rules for Roomers" list.

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    The Reckless Driver

    "The Reckless Driver"

    Release Date: 8/26/46
    Direction: James Culhane
    Story: Ben Hardaway and Milt Schaffer
    Animation: Les Kline and Grim Natwick
    Music: Darrell Calker
    Backgrounds: Terry Lind

    Notes:
  • Production Number: F-3
  • Reissued as "License Renewal" by Castle Films.
  • Excised from many circulating copies of this cartoon is the scene where Woody spits alphabet soup at Officer Wally. The letters of the soup spell out: "Roses are red. Violets are blue. This test stinks and so do you". Click here to see an image of the edited scene.

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    Fair Weather Fiends

    "Fair Weather Fiends"

    Release Date: 11/18/46
    Direction: James Culhane
    Story: Ben Hardaway and Milt Schaffer
    Animation: Laverne Harding and Sidney Pillet
    Music: Darrell Calker
    Backgrounds: Terry Lind

    Notes:
  • Production Number: F-5
  • Last onscreen credits for James Culhane and Terry Lind at Lantz

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    The Wacky Weed

    "The Wacky Weed"

    Release Date: 12/16/46
    Direction: Dick Lundy
    Story: Ben Hardaway and Jack Cosgriff
    Animation: Laverne Harding and Grim Natwick
    Music: Darrell Calker
    Backgrounds: Fred Brunish

    Notes:
  • Production Number: F-6
  • First onscreen credits for Jack Cosgriff and Fred Brunish at Lantz

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