Little Orphan Airedale
Little Orphan Airedale | |
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Looney Tunes (Reissued as Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies) series | |
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Directed by | Charles M. Jones |
Produced by | Edward Selzer (uncredited) |
Story by |
Michael Maltese Tedd Pierce |
Voices by | Mel Blanc |
Music by | Carl Stalling |
Animation by |
Lloyd Vaughan Ben Washam Ken Harris Phil Monroe |
Studio | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date(s) | October 4, 1947 |
Color process | Technicolor |
Running time | 7 minutes |
Language | English |
Preceded by | Porky's Pooch |
Followed by | Awful Orphan |
Little Orphan Airedale is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Charles M. Jones and released on October 4, 1947. It was later reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies short. Its major significance is its status as the debut of Jones's character Charlie Dog. The title is a play on Little Orphan Annie.
Plot
The cartoon's story (which is essentially a re-working of Bob Clampett's 1941 short Porky's Pooch) is about a dog named Rags McMutt, who has just escaped from the dog pound and accidentally meets Charlie, an old friend of his in a car he used as a hiding place. Charlie tells Rags about the troubles he has had finding a new master (Porky Pig), and keeping him after that. In the end of the film, Porky throws both dogs out of his car and tells them he doesn't want a dog. When Rags sees how Charlie begs Porky to keep him as a pet, he decides to go back to the pound (even though he has a hard time getting back in).