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Jitterbug Follies

Jitterbug Follies

1939Short⏱️ 9mApproved
AnimationComedyFamilyShort
5.7
IMDB Rating
287 votes

Two thugs from The Citizens' Fair Play Committee arrive to see that Screwloose's amateur talent show is run on the level.

Director
George Gordon
Writers
Milt Gross, Heck Allen, Tex Avery
Stars
Mel Blanc, Harry Lang, Pat McGeehan
Release Date
February 25, 1939
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 8
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc
as Count Screwloose
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Harry Lang
as Announcer
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Pat McGeehan
as Citizens Committee Commercial
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Georgia Stark
as Mother Goose

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Studios

🏷️ Keywords

jitterbugcartoonfeaturettesepiatoneone reeler

🎯 Categories

AnimationComedyFamilyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Decent Animation/Blatant Racism
by Hitchcoc2023-05-08
7/10

"I'd never heard of the two figures here, Count Screwloose and his Wonder Dog. This is a high energy film with countless twists and turns. It is almost too frantic as keeping up with the bad guys becomes a chore. There are at least three entities. Then we have the musical numbers and the contest. It is 1939 and, of course, we have the burr-headed stereotype of black people representing an orchestra. Of course, they look like monkeys. Anyway, it could have been done just as well without all this. The story itself is adequate without the aforementioned destructive portrayals. Note the voicin..."

💡 Did You Know?

This film short is available as an extra in the Warner DVD of At the Circus (1939).

📖 Synopsis

Two thugs from The Citizens' Fair Play Committee arrive to see that Screwloose's amateur talent show is run on the level.