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Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944)

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears poster
Directed by
Friz Freleng
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A jazz-inflected cartoon retelling of the Goldilocks fairy tale. The short features animal characters in a swing music setting.

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What happens

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears is a 1944 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng and produced by an uncredited Eddie Selzer. The short was released on September 2, 1944. Because of the racial stereotypes of black people throughout the short, it is withheld from circulation, one of the so-called "Censored Eleven" shorts. It is the only Censored Eleven short not to be produced by Leon Schlesinger as he had sold the studio to Warner Bros. Pictures around the release of this cartoon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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