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Naughty But Mice (1939)

posted 14 years ago by Poisoned_Dragon1964
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The first of twelve Warner cartoons featuring Sniffles the Mouse. It deserves an official release on DVD; Warner should not have stopped after six "Golden Collections;" they've left off some of the best stuff.

I have fond memories of this short, having watched it in my childhood back in the 60's on a 12 noon program called 'Cartoon Carnival,' which specialized in these old Warner Bros Merrie Melodies.

The twelve shorts featuring Sniffles:

Naughty But Mice (1939)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031711/
Little Brother Rat (1939)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031577/
Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031942/
Sniffles Takes a Trip (1940)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033065/
The Egg Collector (1940)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032433/
Bedtime For Sniffles (1940)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032244/
Sniffles Bells the Cat (1941)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034206/
Toy Trouble (1941)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034307/
The Brave Little Bat (1941)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033430/
The Unbearable Bear (1943)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036472/
Lost and Foundling (1944)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037026/
Hush My Mouse (1946)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038624/

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[–] HarlowMGM 12 years ago

I just looked Sniffles up on the internet this evening and am rather surprised by how unpopular he apparently is among animation buffs. I would imagine this is because he is an atypical Chuck Jones character and thus not well liked by Jones' fans, seeming far more along the lines of a Walter Lantz or Walt Disney creation. My brothers and I however loved it when a Sniffles cartoon would play on the tv shows that regularly broadcast Warner Bros. cartoons back in the 1970's. I think Sniffles deserves a DVD release of all twelve of his films; it might surprise the animation buff crowd to see how well remembered he is by many in the general public.

[–] Poisoned_Dragon1964 12 years ago

It would have been a simple matter for Warner to have released all of them, instead of only a few. But you're right - the popular market dictates that all the attention be paid to the principal characters of the 50's - Bugs, Daffy, Elmer, Porky, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, Tweety, Pepe le Pew, Marvin Martian, Tasmanian Devil, and Foghorn Leghorn. But there's a whole host of fantastic characters from the 30's and 40's. These cartoons have always been my favorites. I'd like a release of all the Egghead cartoons, too.

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