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Merrie Melodies: Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee (1932)

Name: Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee
Genre: Animation
Released: 1932
Duration: 7 min

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Merrie Melodies: Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee (1932) is a 7-minute animated cartoon that airs free on Starlite TV's Saturday Morning (CH 7) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).

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About Merrie Melodies: Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee (1932)

Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee is a 1932 American animated comedy short film directed by Rudolf Ising. It is the ninth film in the Merrie Melodies series, featuring the titular song by Dick Robertson.

A tribe of American Indians sing the titular song, cursing the crooners Bing Crosby, Russ Columbo, and Rudy Vallée for stealing their [sic] squaws. One of them, a young boy, canoes through waterfalls to meet his girlfriend. He gives her an umbrella fashioned from a tree and starts a radio with a spider and its web as its antenna. They continue to sing the titular song while other animals join in, while a dog sings "This Is My Love Song". Some more tribesmen join in and dance with them.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee (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.
Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs not individually cleared.
Source: Internet Archive

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