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Little Pancho Vanilla (1938)

Little Pancho Vanilla poster
Directed by
Frank Tashlin
Genre
animation, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy named Pancho dreams of being a famous bullfighter. He gets into comic situations as he tries to prove himself.

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What happens

Little Pancho Vanilla is a 1938 American animated comedy short film directed by Frank Tashlin. The short was released on October 8, 1938. It is part of the Merrie Melodies series. It was re-released as a "Blue Ribbon" reissue in 1948, rendering the original film and credits lost. Despite only appearing in one cartoon, Pancho was resurrected in 1952 as a backup feature in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies comic book, appearing from issue #130 (Aug 1952) to #154 (Aug 1954). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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