One More Time (cartoon)
Encyclopedia
One More Time is a 1931 black-and-white Merrie Melodies
cartoon short produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising and animated by Friz Freleng
and Paul J. Smith. It stars Foxy as a Prohibition
-era cop dealing with various miscreants. This was the last Foxy cartoon. While Foxy's first two shorts have some plot similarities to those that starred Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, One More Time appears to be an original.
officer Foxy deals with armed criminals, traffic violations, and his girlfriend's huge dog. The main action involves a group of gangsters kidnapping Foxy's girlfriend while making their getaway; Foxy chases them on a mechanical horse
, rescues his girlfriend, and puts the criminals in jail.
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Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969.Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Merrie Melodies were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944,...
cartoon short produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising and animated by Friz Freleng
Friz Freleng
Isadore "Friz" Freleng was an animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros....
and Paul J. Smith. It stars Foxy as a Prohibition
Prohibition
Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...
-era cop dealing with various miscreants. This was the last Foxy cartoon. While Foxy's first two shorts have some plot similarities to those that starred Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, One More Time appears to be an original.
Synopsis
PolicePolice
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
officer Foxy deals with armed criminals, traffic violations, and his girlfriend's huge dog. The main action involves a group of gangsters kidnapping Foxy's girlfriend while making their getaway; Foxy chases them on a mechanical horse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
, rescues his girlfriend, and puts the criminals in jail.
Noticeable flaws
One obvious flaw in the cartoon is the way the star on Foxy's chest appears and disppears unreasonably. These changes occur when Foxy fines the hippo motorist as well as meeting the dog of his girlfriend.Availability
One More Time is available on disc 3 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008....
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