Bacall to Arms (1946)

Directed by

Bob Clampett

Genre

parody film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a Warner Bros. cartoon short from 1946. Its title makes a pun on Lauren Bacall's name and the phrase a call to arms. The cartoon likely spoofs Hollywood and the actress's famous film debut.

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What happens

Bacall to Arms is a 1946 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies short planned by Bob Clampett and finished by Arthur Davis, in his second-to-last cartoon at Warner Bros. The short was released on August 3, 1946. The title is a play on the phrase "a call to arms" that references actress Lauren Bacall, whose acclaimed 1944 film debut was in To Have and Have Not, based on Hemingway's 1937 novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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