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Merrie Melodies: The Dover Boys at Pimento University (1942)

Name: The Dover Boys at Pimento University
Genre: Animation
Released: 1942
Duration: 9 min

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Merrie Melodies: The Dover Boys at Pimento University (1942) is a 9-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: The Dover Boys at Pimento University (1942)

The Dover Boys at Pimento University; or, The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (also known as The Dover Boys) is a 1942 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on September 10, 1942.

The scene opens upon Pimento University ("good old P.U."), and the school anthem is sung in a 1910s barbershop style, to the tune of "O Genevieve, Sweet Genevieve". The narrator then introduces the three Dover brothers: athletic oldest brother Tom, thin middle child Dick, and portly, curly-haired youngest brother Larry. "A gay outing at the park has been planned by the merry trio, and they are off to fetch 'their' fiancée, dainty Dora Standpipe, at Miss Cheddar's Female Academy, close by." The Dover Boys are watched by the nefarious Dan Backslide.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Dover Boys at Pimento University (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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