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Merrie Melodies: Hamateur Night (1939)

Name: Hamateur Night
Genre: Animation
Released: 1939
Duration: 8 min

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Merrie Melodies: Hamateur Night (1939) is an 8-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).

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About Merrie Melodies: Hamateur Night (1939)

Hamateur Night is a 1939 American animated comedy short film directed by Fred Avery. The short was released on January 28, 1939.

At the Warmer Bros. theater, a jazz musical number where the conductor plays the music while his musicians conduct him occurs. The master of ceremonies presents an amateur talent show but is repeatedly interrupted by Elmer Fudd, who sings "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" off-key, only to be yanked away by a shepherd's crook.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Hamateur Night (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 It is presented as a historical document.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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