I Wanna Play House Explained

I Wanna Play House
Director:	I. Freleng
Starring:	Bernice Hansen Billy Bletcher
Animator:	Cal Dalton Sandy Walker
Editing:	Treg Brown (uncredited)
Music:	Bernard Brown Norman Spencer
Producer:	Leon Schlesinger
Studio:	Leon Schlesinger Studios
Distributor:	Warner Bros. Pictures, 1936 Vitaphone, 1936
Color Process:	Technicolor (3-strip)
Runtime:	7:21
Language:	English

I Wanna Play House is a 1936 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.^[1] The short was released on January 11, 1936.^[2]

Plot

Two bear cubs, one brown and one black, sneak away from Papa Bear to enjoy a game of hide-and-seek. The black cub goes into a Gypsy trailer and gets drunk on cider. The little bears' harmless hijinks soon turn into danger on the runaway wagon.

See also

• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography

Notes

• This short was scored by Bernard Brown and animated by Cal Dalton and Sandy Walker.
• This cartoon is notable to be the first Warner Bros. cartoon with "target" titles which would mainly be used in the Merrie Melodies, and later Looney Tunes, cartoons until 1964.

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 . 41.
2. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 104–106.