A Horse Fly Fleas

A Horse Fly Fleas is a 1947 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short. It was written by Warren Foster and directed by Robert McKimson.[2] The short was released on December 13, 1947.[3]

A Horse Fly Fleas
Screenshot of a flea Native American.
Directed byRobert McKimson
Produced byEdward Selzer (uncredited)
Story byWarren Foster
StarringMel Blanc
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byCharles McKimson
Phil DeLara
Manny Gould
John Carey
Fred Abranz (uncredited)[1]
A. C. Gamer
(effects animation)
Layouts byCornett Wood
Backgrounds byRichard H. Thomas
Color processCinecolor
(original release), Technicolor
(reissue)
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
December 13, 1947 (USA)
Running time
7 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The short stars A. Flea, the nearly-microscopic protagonist of An Itch in Time from 1943. It is rarely aired today due to stereotypical portrayals of Native Americans.

Originally released in Cinecolor, the cartoon was reissued in three-strip Technicolor during the 1955–56 season.

Home media

This cartoon was released on DVD and Blu-ray with the original titles and Cinecolor version restored on the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2.

References

  1. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/robert-mckimson-cartoon-directors-1945005536
  2. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 192. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  3. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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