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A Ham in a Role
Studio: Warner Bros. Release Date : December 13, 1949 Series: Looney Tunes

Cumulative rating:
(4 ratings submitted)

Synopsis

A thespian dog is tired of degrading himself to slapstick so he quits his job at Warner Bros. to pursue a career of Shakespeare. When he goes home to practice, he discovers his home has been invaded by the Goofy Gophers and after kicking them out, the gophers decide to have a little fun with him.

Characters

Tosh
(Voice: Stan Freberg)
Mac (I)
(Voice: Mel Blanc)

Credits

Note: "Unverified" credits may not be correct and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Director

Robert "Bob" McKimson

Animator

Charles McKimson
Phil DeLara
Jose Cuauhtemoc "Bill" Melendez
Emery Hawkins
Pete Burness

Story

Sid Marcus

Music

Carl W. Stalling

Backgrounds

Richard H. "Dick" Thomas

Voices

Mel Blanc
Stan Freberg

Layout

Cornett Wood

Producer

Edward "Eddie" Selzer (unverified)

Film Editor

Treg Brown (unverified)

Orchestration

Milt Franklyn (unverified)

Music Sources

Tobais, Charlie, Murray Menchor, and Eddie Cantor : "Merrily We Roll Along "
von Suppé, Franz : "Poet and Peasant Overture "
Ball, Ernest R. and Dave Reed Jr. : "Love Me, and the World is Mine "
Friend, Cliff and Dave Franklin : "You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer "
Brovin, Jaan Ken and John William Kellette : "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles "
Heyman, Edward & Dana Suesse : "You Oughta Be in Pictures "
Edwards, Gus and Vincent P. Brian : "In My Merry Oldsmobile "
Liszt, Franz : "Liebesträume "
Kahal, Irving and Sammy Fain : "By a Waterfall "
Schubert, Franz : "Erlkönig "
Styne, Jule and Sammy Cahn : "There's Music in the Land "
Carr, Leon and Allan Roberts : "Goblins in the Steeple "
Scholl, Jack and M.K. Jerome : "The Soubrette on the Police Gazette "
Mendelssohn, Felix : "Consolation "
van Beethoven, Ludwig : "Symphony No. 7 "
Wagner, Richard : "Parsifal "

Broadcasters

Cartoon Network
Nickelodeon
Tooncast

Distributor(s)

Warner Bros.

Trivia

  • This cartoon, written for Arthur Davis's unit, was finished under McKimson due to the disbanding of the former. Emery Hawkins and Bill Melendez, both of whom had been animators for Davis, moved over to McKimson's unit.

Television

Bugs Bunny (YTV) The Porky Pig ShowToon In With Me

DVD

United States

Looney Tunes Golden Collection - Volume 6
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection - Volume 6
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection - Volume 3
My Dream is Yours
My Dream is Yours
50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes Complete Platinum Collection
Looney Tunes Golden Collection (Volumes 1-6)

BluRay Disc

United States

LooneyTunes Platinum Collection - Volume 3

Technical Specifications

Running Time: 6:48
Production No.: 1106
MPAA No.: 13008
Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Format: Spherical
Color Type: Technicolor
Negative Type: 35mm
Original Country: United States
Original Language: English
Print Type: 35mm
Sound Type: Mono

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