Synopsis a spotgag travelogue, focusing on americas gorgeous scenery and the strange wildlife that inhabits it. This is merrie melodies cross country detours by jack jeeper on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The cross country route is a longdistance rail route in the united kingdom that has in its central part superseded the midland railway. He topped himself at mgm, where droopy 1943 is his most iconic creation. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. The crossing 2000 page 72 of 325 previous next page. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. This is a listing of all the animated shorts released by warner bros. This three and a half minutes is among averys greatest work.
The isle of pingo pongo, cross country detours, etc. Whatever caused it, cross country detours is a solid, witty and playful cartoon that shows. Crosscountry romance is a 1940 american romantic comedy film directed by frank woodruff and starring gene raymond and wendy barrie. Cross country detours 1940 the movie database tmdb. When flynn left this world fifty years ago he probably couldnt care less about his career as a movie star on the downgrade, but from the evidence here he has nothing to be ashamed of. The remainder of uncle toms bungalow is an anticlimax, after a formal film experiment that tests our patience while it lacerates the tropes of western storytelling. Looney tunes and merrie melodies filmography 194049. At warners he created daffy duck 1937, elmer fudd 1940 and bugs bunny 1940, while also establishing the looney tunes signature style. The lack of filler, coupled with a fearless arsenal of formal devices, assaults the viewer with outrageous comicfilmic ideas and achieves a laugh with every sequence. Tex avery is widely considered the original cartoon gagman, famous for wild takes, breaking the fourth wall and medium conventions, and stretching every joke to its comedic limit.
Unruly harecross country detours elmer fudd color model cel on production. Do you love cross country detours, or do you think it is the worst cartoon ever. Take a moment to be thankful for the great artists who helped averys comicfilmic vision come to full life. Then, the frog shoots himself in the head with a gun.
A series of travelogue gags, focusing on national parks and wildlife. Inside road trip usa youll find a flexible network of route combinations colorcoded and extensively crossreferenced to allow for hundreds of possible itineraries. Cross country detours 1940 with original recreated opening titles. There is nothing pc about the next sequence, despite one brilliantly existential piece of dialogue.
Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. But where avery stuck to rather unrelated gags, kinney applied the formula to several attempts by one character to achieve one goal. A total of 307 shorts were released during the 1940s. Merrie melodies cartoon, cross country detours 1940, is one of a number of tex averydirected animated parodies of the kind of allencompassing travelogue and documentary short that the studios used to turn out for theaters to show with their movies back in the golden age of hollywood. This is merrie melodies cross country detours by jack jeeper on vimeo, the. He starts with yosemite national park in california.
Frederick bean tex avery february 26, 1908 august 26, 1980 is widely considered the original animated cartoon gagman, famous for employing wild takes, breaking the fourth wall, lampshading medium conventions, and stretching every joke to its comedic limit. With little money, he has to hitchhike his way across the country. The censored looney tunes and merrie melodies guide. The cartoons rather revolutionary blackout gag formula was most probably based on tex averys spot gag cartoons of the late 1930s e. Some pristine prints of the original issues were obtained from the ucla film and.
Top 10 reasons not to move to jacksonville, florida. Errol flynn must score pretty high with dvd fans, as this fourdisc errol flynn. After this, there is a patron notice, indicating that the. The complete looney tunes and merry melodies filmography. He talks about how tourists always feeding the wildlife. Unruly harecross country detours elmer fudd color model cel on. Cross country detours 1940 merrie melodies theatrical cartoon series. We must remind ourselves that the scene is a parody of its source. Screening rooms ebay film sellers film equipment sellers laurel and hardy magnetic striping our mission is to provide a free forum for all members. Cross country detours cross country detours 1940 merrie melodies theatrical cartoon series. A narrator talks about the wonders of nature in the usa. A clip from cross country detours by merrie melodies. Crosscountry detours, 19400316, mm, 1943 44, 19440115.
Cross country detours 1940 10min family, animation, short 16 march 1940 usa a wacky travelogue takes us to the forests of yosemite, the rocks of brice canyon, the frozen wastes of alaska, the desert wastes of new mexico, the grand canyon, the colorado river and the giant redwoods of california. Sure, there were gags in cartoons before tex, if you are particularly tickled by a fox in black face being smacked on the ass by. Cross country detours 1940 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. There are roughly a dozen scenes which show various aspects of cross country skiing. Although westerns were less expensive to produce than flynns costume epics, 1940s virginia city is no cheapie. Cartoon pictures and video for cross country detours 1940.
Elmers candid camera 1940 may 20 6 april 20 15 march 20 6 february 20 9 january 20 10 2012 178 december 2012 19 november 2012 5 october 2012 8. Milebymile highlights celebrating the best of americana, including roadside curiosities, parks, diners, and the local history. Complete looney tunes and merrie melodies filmography 1929. The first two scenes show the evolution from 1930s retro to 2000 techno in crosscountry skiing. Cross country detours is a 1940 merrie melodies short directed by tex avery. With the huge success of it happened one night, the 1934 american romantic comedy film directed by frank capra and starring claudette colbert and clark gable, every studio in hollywood attempted to cash in with a similar storyline. Paul smith narrator, deer, little girl, phone operator, bear, scoutmaster, polar bear, bobcat, baby quail, grand canyon tourist, gila monster, husky 9423 mar.
Watch crosscountry detours 1940 corinne lemperriere on dailymotion. A dvd featuring all except for the first one, the isle of pingo pongo, which is in the censored eleven and tokio jokio spot gag cartoons was released in 2016. The 1940 cartoon mighty hunters was the one exception to the original rule. On snow a film on cross country skiing documentary vhs. Promoted as a followup to the popular 1939 western dodge city which, indeed, was left wide open for a sequel in its closing scenes, virginia city bears only surface resemblance to the earlier film. Merrie melodies cross country detours 1940 video dailymotion. It runs from cornwall via bristol, birmingham, derby, sheffield and leeds and the north east to scotland. Cross country detours 1940 the internet animation database. Upon official announcement of this new goal via an audio blog on the cross country roads youtube channel and cross country roads blog page, ive never been more enthusiastic about the hobby. A wacky travelogue takes us to the forests of yosemite, the rocks of brice canyon, the frozen wastes of alaska, the desert wastes of new mexico, the grand canyon, the colorado river and the giant redwoods of. The short is also known for its length as it almost clocks in at 10 minutes. A wacky travelogue takes us to the forests of yosemite, the rocks of brice canyon, the frozen wastes of alaska, the desert wastes of new mexico, the grand. Cross country detours is a triumph for avery and his unit.
Originally released at 16 march 1940, and rereleased at 15 january 1944. This is a scene from a short animated cartoon by tex avery that you can watch here. A wacky travelogue takes us to the forests of yosemite, the rocks of brice canyon, the frozen wastes of alaska, the desert wastes of new mexico, the grand canyon, the colorado river and the giant redwoods of california. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Indeed, the only discerning links between the two pictures are the western setting and the presence in the cast of errol flynn, frank mchugh, alan hale and guinn big boy williams.
Crosscountry detours, 19400316, mm, 194344, 19440115. Iranpersepolis recreated book dvd in both english farsi persepolis recreated full. Many looney tunes and merrie melodies shorts were given blue ribbon reissues by warner. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. There isnt a wrong note or wasted moment in its almost 10 minutes of technicolor film. Detouring america of 1939 and cross country detours of 1940. Last wb cartoon with an animation credit for paul smith before wounding up as a notorious lantz director. A man gives a bear a sandwich then the bear pounds. Crisscross the country on americas classic twolane highways with road trip usa. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Some of these pictures and descriptions may give away plot details that you might not want to know before watching the film.
Hawaiian aye aye 1964 bonus features musiconly audio tracks on select shorts commentaries on select shorts behind the tunes. This is 19400316 cross country detours mm by wannes on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. A looney world cross country detours and little beau pepe storyboards. Looney tunes and merrie melodies filmography 1940s.
It facilitates some of the longest passenger journeys in the uk such as aberdeen to penzance. Looney tunes and merrie melodies series, extending from 1929 through 1969. The fanciful story stretches from the civil war in the east to the. Altogether, 1,002 animated theatrical shorts alone were released under the looney tunes and merrie melodies banners from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Australian errol flynn was an odd choice to star in westerns, but 1939s dodge city proved such a success that warners steered the actor back to the genre six times in the next ten years. From the nineteenth century to the present day by andrew boyd hutchinson publication on january 16, 2018 preorder available from how can cross country have a history. Cross country detours with recreated original titles video. Cross country detours 1940 merrie melodies theatrical. Overview of cross country detours, 1940, directed by bob clampett, with at turner classic movies. Western collection marks the australian actors third personal boxed set. Virginia city by michael curtiz errol flynn, miriam.