Tedd Pierce — Playwright (65)

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I Only Have Eyes for You (1937)
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other title: Chanteur pour dames
The iceman is in love with a pretty girl, and an old spinster is pining and cooking for him. But his dreamgirl prefers crooners like Bing Crosby, Rudy Vallee, or Eddie Cantor. After leaving her, he spots the sign of an imitator, and thinks he could ask him to do the crooning for him while he is trying to date his girl. The imitator accepts, and at first the trick is working, until the imitator gets too cold amid the ice in the back of the van and the girl gets suspicious.

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Kangaroo Courting (1954)
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other title: Mr. Magoo und das Känguruhfräulein
It's springtime and love is in the air particularly for Mr. Magoo. Magoo is disappointed to learn his nephew, Waldo, had a fight with his girlfriend, Juliette. Magoo plans to have Waldo and Juliette reunited but instead of going to Juliette's apartment, he goes instead to a boxing ring where a boxing female kangaroo is sparring. Magoo mistakes the kangaroo for Juliette and invites her home to meet Waldo. Unfortunately, the kangaroo is trained to throw punches every time she hears a bell and Waldo is usually at the receiving end of the blows.

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French Rarebit (1951)
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other title: Bunny à la carte / Lapin à la française
While visiting Paris, Bugs Bunny wanders past the restaurants of Louie and Francois, rival chefs who fight to cook him until he promises to teach them the recipe for 'Louisiana Back-bay Bayou Bunny Bordelaise à la Antoine'.

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There Auto Be a Law (1953)
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other title: L’Auto c’est la loi / L'auto, c'est la loi
This documentary-style cartoon tells of the development of the automobile in America and the comical effects of cars, traffic, and road design on various kinds of people.

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China Jones (1959)
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other title: Nuit de Chine
Daffy Duck is China Jones, a fortune-seeking Irish private eye working in the Far East. He finds a call for help in a Chinese fortune cookie and decides to investigate. Acting on a tip displayed on a solo musician's drum, Daffy/Jones goes to a pub owned by Limey Louie to look for clues. Louie is, in fact, an ex-convict who blames Jones for sending him to jail. Louie disguises himself as a grieving widow and arranges a series of mishaps for the web-footed sleuth. Porky Pig also appears in this cartoon as Charlie Chung, the plain-clothes Chinese detective.

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Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)
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Friz Freleng actor: Mel Blanc / Billy Bletcher
other title: Manager Daffy / Daffy imprésario …
Daffy is an agent representing Sleepy Lagoon, trying to sell him to talent scout Porky. Daffy spends a great deal of time and energy explaining and demonstrating what the kid can do, while the kid sits on a couch licking a giant sucker.

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Feather Bluster (1958)
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other title: Wie der Vater so der Sohn / Un souvenir alléchant …
Geriatrics Foghorn Leghorn and the barnyard dog recount their years of violent, mutual heckling, unaware that outside the window of their house their grandsons are behaving the same. The short is essentially a clip show, in that the majority of the footage is reused from earlier cartoons.

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Cannery Woe (1961)
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other title: Speedy Gonzales - schnellste Maus von Mexico / Pour une poignée de gruyère
Speedy Gonzales helps provide cheese for the mayor's reelection campaign (and two hungry friends) by swiping it from the store guarded by Sylvester.

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The Dixie Fryer (1960)
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other title: Leghahn - Neues vom Hühnerhof / Pas de printemps pour Charlie
Foghorn Leghorn travels to the deep south to enjoy the sun, but must contend with two yokelish chicken hawks, Pappy and Elvis, who want to roast him for dinner.