Don't Look Now (1936 film) explained

Don't Look Now
Director:	Fred Avery
Animator:	Bob Clampett Joe D'Igalo Virgil Ross
Starring:	Tex Avery Billy Bletcher Tommy Bond Bernice Hansen Martha Wentworth
Music:	Carl W. Stalling
Producer:	Leon Schlesinger
Distributor:	Warner Bros. Pictures
Color Process:	Technicolor
Runtime:	7:42
Language:	English

Don't Look Now is a 1936 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film directed by Tex Avery.^[1] The short was released on November 7, 1936.^[2]

The film depicts a rivalry between the god Cupid and the demon Satan during Valentine's Day.

Plot

It portrays Valentine's Day. Cupid is making people fall in love, while Satan is doing everything possible to undermine the relationships.^[3]

Notes

• The original BR ending is lost because of the LaserDisc release of the 1995 dubbed version.^[4] It does not survive through CN Latin America, which means that the original print may be lost forever if WB doesn't restore the original negative.
• The original titles have been found in an eBay auction in 2007, but it is unknown if they will be acquired for future releases.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Beck . Jerry . Friedwald . Will . Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons . 1989 . Henry Holt and Co . 0-8050-0894-2 . 50.
2. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 104–106.
3. Web site: Don't Look Now (1936) – Merrie Melodies Theatrical Cartoon Series . The Big Cartoon Database .
4. Web site: Looney Tunes: Title Goofs, Altered endings, Dubbed Versions, etc. Discussion. 2016-09-22. 2016-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20161020213759/http://www.toonzone.net/forums/threads/looney-tunes-title-goofs-altered-endings-dubbed-versions-etc-discussion.5463031/page-40#post-84519441. dead.
5. Web site: Warner Bros. Titles. 2016-10-25. 2008-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20081221030836/https://cartoonresearch.com/warner.html. dead.