Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)

Original title

Have You Got Any Castles

Directed by

Frank Tashlin

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1938 Merrie Melodies cartoon. A character sings the song Have You Got Any Castles? while a series of gags and visual puns unfold, involving books and storybook characters coming to life.

whimsicalplayfulmusicalfast-pacednostalgiclivelylightheartedcartoonish

What happens

Have You Got Any Castles? is a 1938 American animated comedy short film directed by Frank Tashlin. The short was released on June 25, 1938. It is the 97th film in the Merrie Melodies series, featuring the titular song from the 1937 film Varsity Show. It was re-released as a "Blue Ribbon" reissue in 1947 as Have You Got Any Castles, rendering the original film and credits lost, though scenes caricaturing Alexander Woollcott that were removed upon his request were preserved and restored in home media releases. The cartoon entered the public domain in 1966 when its last rights holder, United Artists (successor-in-interest to Associated Artists Productions), failed to renew the original copyright within the required 28-year period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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