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Dec 30, 2005, 8:18 AM
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Bette Davis
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Hi there, folks! I'm writing a biography of Bette Davis, and I'm trying to find instances where Bette pops up in caricature form in WB animations of the 30s and 40s. Got any suggestions? Post here or email me at EdSikov-aol.com. Thanks!
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Director / Moderator
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Dec 30, 2005, 3:02 PM
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Also in The Big Snooze (by Bob Clampett c. 1946) just before Bugs goes into a big heartfelt "come back to me" speech to Elmer Fudd he looks to the camera and says "Bette Davis is going to hate me for this."
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http://exposure.cbc.ca/video/hansel-und-gretel
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Member
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Dec 31, 2005, 3:53 PM
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Thanks, guys! This is great! I'm tracking most of them down on various tapes and DVDs. If anyone thinks of any others, please post 'em!
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Member
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Jan 9, 2006, 1:58 PM
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So I've found and seen all the titles listed above - except for MALIBU BEACH PARTY. Anybody know where I can get a copy or even just see a copy and return to the owner? I'm at EdSikov-aol.com in case you'd rather reply to me directly.
Thanks again, guys, for your help!
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Research Guru
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Jan 9, 2006, 2:28 PM
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So far, it's only been released on laserdisc -- on the set The Golden Age Of Looney Tunes, Vol. 4, to be precise.
Maybe it'll show up next holiday season in Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 4? 
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
(This post was edited by eminovitz on Jan 9, 2006, 2:29 PM)
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Member
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Jan 9, 2006, 2:42 PM
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Well that thuckth!
I have a laserdisc player but am as yet unwilling to shell out the $ for the set as currently listed on eBay.
Thanks for the info though.
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Member
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Jan 13, 2006, 8:42 AM
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In HOLLYWOOD DAFFY, Bette enters "Warmer Brothers Studios" clutching a script. In a reasonably funny imitation of Davis's vocal style, the cartoon Bette says, "So you think I'm mean to you. You think I'm cruel. Mad. Selfish. Domineering! (To the guard:) Good morning. Well, you're right! I'm all that - and heaven, too." (A play on her 1940 melodrama with Charles Boyer)
Is there any way to find out who performed the voice? Mel Blanc is the only person credited, and he obviously does Daffy and the security guard. But could he possibly have done Bette Davis as well?!
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Research Guru
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Jan 13, 2006, 5:17 PM
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Quite unlikely... Mel Blanc did very few female voices during his long career.
I ran into Malibu Beach Party on TV... it ran last week as part of Cartoon Alley #1 on Turner Classic Movies. Cartoon Alley #1 isn't running again this month, but try next month (or thereafter).
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
(This post was edited by eminovitz on Jan 13, 2006, 6:35 PM)
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Director / Moderator
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Jan 13, 2006, 5:32 PM
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Is there any way to find out who performed the voice? Mel Blanc is the only person credited, and he obviously does Daffy and the security guard. But could he possibly have done Bette Davis as well?!
It was most likely Bea Benederet, the female utility voice artists who worked there at the time.
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http://exposure.cbc.ca/video/hansel-und-gretel
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Supervising Animator / Contributor
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Jan 13, 2006, 8:02 PM
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Quite unlikely... Mel Blanc did very few female voices during his long career.
And usually it would be easy to tell. The only convincing female voice I heard come out of Blanc was when he performed the wolf in drag on "Daffy's Southern Exposure!"
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People think I am crazy just because I didn't like "Ratatouille." Am I REALLY crazy, or do I see things differently?
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Member
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Jan 14, 2006, 12:47 PM
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Thanks again, guys. "Bette's" voice does sound convincingly female. Too bad. I'd love to be able to claim that Mel Blanc did a Bette Davis imitation. Wouldn't you just love to hear her say "Don't let-th athk for the moon - we have the tharth!"
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Research Guru
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Apr 5, 2008, 4:03 PM
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Happy (posthumous) birthday to Bette Davis, whose films are being run today on TCM. Maybe, between the flicks, TCM will offer a WB cartoon caricaturing her?
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