A Horse Fly Fleas

A Horse Fly Fleas
Screenshot of a flea Native American.
Directed byRobert McKimson
Story byWarren Foster
Produced byEdward Selzer (uncredited)
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 dates
  • December 13, 1947 (1947-12-13) (USA)
  • July 7, 1956 (1956-07-07) (reissue)
Running time
7 minutes
LanguageEnglish

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]

The short stars A. Flea, the nearly-microscopic protagonist of An Itch in Time from 1943. It does not air that often in television due to stereotypical portrayals of Native Americans.

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

Plot

A Flea tries to find a good home. He is accompanied by a horse fly. They settle on a dog, not knowing that it is the house of an Indian flea.

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. ^ "Robert McKimson cartoon Directors Lead Sheet 1947 'A HORSE FLY FLEAS' Looneytune | #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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