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Bacall to Arms (1946)

| Animation, Short, Comedy | 3 August 1946 (USA)
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The auditorium of a movie theater is crowded with animals in human clothes, eagerly waiting for the film to start. The show opens with a newsreel called Warmer News. It presents the ... See full summary »

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Bogey Gocart (voice) (uncredited)
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Laurie Be-Cool / Mother in Law (voice) (uncredited)
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The auditorium of a movie theater is crowded with animals in human clothes, eagerly waiting for the film to start. The show opens with a newsreel called Warmer News. It presents the implementation of war to peace time use. With the help of radar the father of a family can detect the approach of his mother-in-law, and hide the entire house before she arrives. During the newsreel a wolf in the auditorium falls asleep, but when the feature starts, he quickly awakens. The feature presents the two stars Bogey Gocart and Laurie Bee Cool in "To Have-To Have-To Have-To Have-To Have-To Have-To Have-To Have". When Laurie in the film asks "Anybody have a light?", the wolf in the audience gets randy. And when she continues: "You only have to whistle", the wolf starts whistling loudly. Full of excitement he jumps on to the narrow stage in front of the movie. Bogey Gocart sees the wolf and shoots him through the screen. Written by Maths Jesperson {[email protected]}

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The film within this animated short, " To Have - To Have - To Have - To Have - To Have - ... " is a parody of of To Have and Have Not (1944). The "Cast Off Characters" of its leads are named Bogey Gocart and Laurie Bee Cool and spoof the To Have and Have Not (1944) leads' star names of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The Bacall name is also parodied in this cartoon's title, Bacall to Arms (1946), which is a play on the familiar military term, "A Call to Arms" which itself had been a film title many times prior to this cartoon short [See: The Call to Arms! (1900); The Call to Arms (1902); The Call to Arms (1910); The Call to Arms (1913) [aka In Love and War (1913)]; A Call to Arms Against War (1915) [aka The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)]; The Call to Arms (1917) [aka Her Country's Call (1917)]; and A Call to Arms (1918). See more »

Quotes

Bogart (with blackface): My oh my! I can work for Mr. Benny now!
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Spoofs To Have and Have Not (1944) See more »

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Poet and Peasant Overture
Music by Franz von Suppé
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Q: Which series is this from: Merrie Melodies or Looney Tunes?
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Great spoof of 'To Have and Have Not'
7 October 2016 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

Bob Clampett's cartoons often were high in energy and fun and displayed a uniquely wacky visual style that one can recognise immediately.

Caricature cartoons very much vary in quality, a lot of them are clever, funny and ones where the references are recognisable, easy to spot and are a lot of fun, while there are others that don't work as well as they should due to some of the humour not holding up and some caricatures due to unfamiliarity with the person in question go over people's heads. 'Bacall in Arms' is one of the better examples, it's silly and it's corny but very clever and just so much fun.

The animation is excellent. The blacks, whites and greys look absolutely beautiful, even nearly 80 years on, while also rich in detail and high in imagination. Clampett's style is all over the cartoon and is immediately distinctive, while the use of Technicolor is equally striking if slightly less imaginative. Carl Stalling's energetically high-voltage, luscious, rousing, dynamic and action-enhancing music score and inspired arrangements of pre-existing music shows off his genius.

It is an exceptionally funny cartoon as well, with some wonderfully cornball lines and names. Plus 'Bacall in Arms' was an example of a caricature cartoon where none of the caricatures got lost on me due to being familiar with the celebrity. The spoof on 'To Have and Have Not' was very inspired as well.

All the characters are colourful, and while Robert C. Bruce and June Foray are excellent it is Mel Blanc that once again shows the second-to-none ability to bring different personalities and voices to several characters.

On the whole, great caricature cartoon and spoof and a near-classic for Clampett. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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