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Merrie Melodies: Red-Headed Baby (1931)

Name: Red-Headed Baby
Genre: Animation
Released: 1931
Duration: 7 min

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Merrie Melodies: Red-Headed Baby (1931) 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: Red-Headed Baby (1931)

Red-Headed Baby is a 1931 American animated comedy short film. It is the sixth film in the Merrie Melodies series.

A toymaker creates a red-haired doll, who, after he (the toymaker) departs, comes to life. She discovers a radio, which she adjusts to play music and gleefully dances along. The other toys, mostly facsimiles of Bosko, dance along. The captain of a toy soldier regiment runs into her and falls in love, singing with her the titular song. Meanwhile, a massive spider also falls for the doll and attempts to abduct her.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Red-Headed Baby (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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