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Looney Tunes: Bosko the Doughboy (1931)
Looney Tunes: Bosko the Doughboy (1931) is a 7-minute animated cartoon that airs free on Starlite TV's Laugh Track (CH 3) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).
About Looney Tunes: Bosko the Doughboy (1931)
Bosko the Doughboy is a 1931 American animated comedy short film. It is the fourteenth film in the Looney Tunes series featuring Bosko.
It is World War I, where animals are engaging in warfare. On the losing side, Bosko is a doughboy eating a large pan of peas, only for it to be destroyed by artillery. He settles for a piece of cheese on a mousetrap and sits depressed in the trenches. He pulls out a comically large picture of Honey to bolster his self confidence, only for it to be destroyed by gunfire again. This motivates him to fight before being shot down and narrowly evading death.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Bosko the Doughboy (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Rights & source
- Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
- Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia "List of animated films in the public domain in the United States" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animated_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States), which cites Film Superlist / copyright renewal records (not renewed). Character names/designs may remain trademarks; no character art used in site branding.
- Credit: Content note: This cartoon contains ethnic and racial stereotypes and/or wartime propaganda that were wrong then and are wrong now. It is presented as a historical document.
- Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs not individually cleared.
- Source: Internet Archive
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