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Merrie Melodies: Gold Rush Daze (1939)
Merrie Melodies: Gold Rush Daze (1939) 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 Merrie Melodies: Gold Rush Daze (1939)
Gold Rush Daze is a 1939 American animated comedy short film directed by Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. The short was released on February 25, 1939.
A dog prospector drives to the hills to dig for gold. A dog gas station attendant warns him that he is wasting his time, then goes on to tell the story of his own fruitless chase for gold. In 1849, the attendant was a prospector himself, who was in the midst of gambling his earnings away when he hears news of found gold. He arrives and struggles to find an unoccupied digging spot until he digs off a cliff's edge and falls. Despite his injuries, he hears news about gold again and tries a vain attempt in gold panning.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Gold Rush Daze (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 It is presented as a historical document.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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