A Horse Fly Fleas

A Horse Fly Fleas
Original title card
Directed byRobert McKimson
Story byWarren Foster
StarringMel Blanc
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byCharles McKimson
Phil DeLara
Manny Gould
John Carey
Fred Abranz (uncredited)[1]
A. C. Gamer
(effects animation)
Layouts byCornett Wood
Backgrounds byRichard H. Thomas
Color processCinecolor
(original release), Technicolor
(reissue)
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • December 13, 1947 (1947-12-13) (USA)
  • July 7, 1956 (1956-07-07) (reissue)
Running time
7 minutes
LanguageEnglish

A Horse Fly Fleas (reissued as A Horsefly Fleas) is a 1947 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short. It was written by Warren Foster and directed by Robert McKimson.[2] The short was released on December 13, 1947.[3]

The short stars A. Flea, the nearly-microscopic protagonist of An Itch in Time from 1943. Originally released in Cinecolor, the cartoon was reissued in three-strip Technicolor during the 1955–56 season.

Plot

Screenshot of a flea Native American.

A. Flea tries to find a good home. He is also accompanied by a horse fly. They then settle on a dog, not knowing that it is the house of an Indian flea.

Home media

This cartoon was released on DVD and Blu-ray with the original titles and Cinecolor version restored on the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Robert McKimson cartoon Directors Lead Sheet 1947 'A HORSE FLY FLEAS' Looneytune | #1945005536".
  2. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 192. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ ""Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 2" Available on DVD and Blu-ray October 16, 2012". Cartoonbrew.com. August 1, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2026.


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