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Merrie Melodies: Rookie Revue (1941)
Merrie Melodies: Rookie Revue (1941) 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).
About Merrie Melodies: Rookie Revue (1941)
Rookie Revue is a 1941 American animated comedy short film directed by Isadore Freleng. The cartoon was released on October 25, 1941.
The film is a series of unrelated gags involving the military. A bugler soldier snores to the beat of "You're in the Army Now", neglecting his duties, until a cuckoo clock wakes him up to use a jukebox next to his bed to sound the alarm. An idiotic soldier does not recognize his number during counting and treats the question like a reality show. The mess hall bugler literally shrinks while playing "Mess Call" on his bugle. In the mess hall, infantry soldiers eat like infants until one realizes the audience is watching, causing them to eat properly in embarrassment.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Rookie Revue (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).
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- Laugh Track - CH 3, Comedy TV
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 It is presented as a historical document.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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