I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937)

Directed by

Tex Avery

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young parrot dreams of becoming a sailor. He leaves home to join a ship crew, but his mother follows him to keep him safe.

sillyplayfulfast-pacedwhimsicallightheartedzanyenergetic

What happens

I Wanna Be a Sailor is a 1937 American animated comedy short film directed by Fred Avery. The short was released on September 25, 1937. It is the 83rd film in the Merrie Melodies series. It was re-released as a "Blue Ribbon" reissue in 1949, rendering the original film and credits lost. It is the oldest color Warner Bros. cartoon to currently be in the public domain, as United Artists, then parent of Associated Artists Productions, neglected to renew its copyright in 1966. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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