Director: Hawley Pratt
Release Date: August 1, 1964
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
‘Señorella and the Glass Huarache’ was the last Looney Tunes short released before Warner Bros. closed down its cartoon department in 1963.
It’s also the only Warner Bros. Short directed by layout man Hawley Pratt, whom Friz Freleng already had given co-director credits in earlier cartoons from the 1960s.
The cartoon features two Mexicans in a canteen, of whom we only see their shadows. One tells a Mexican version of the Cinderella to the other, with the prince being a bullfighter, the castle being a ranchero etc. Otherwise the story is quite faithful, and the cartoon is rescued by the bold backgrounds and pleasant cartoon modern designs. These betray a strong UPA influence, as does the fact that this short stars human characters, instead of the stock talking animals of earlier Warner Bros. cartoons.
The end of the Warner Bros. studio didn’t mean the end of Warner Bros. cartoons; between 1964 and 1968 Warner Bros. suddenly started releasing cartoons again, now produced by Friz Freleng’s DePatie-Freleng company, most famous for its Pink Panther cartoons.
Watch ‘Señorella and the Glass Huarache’ yourself and tell me what you think:
‘Señorella and the Glass Huarache’ is available on the DVD-set ‘Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume Five’
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April 27, 2020 at 16:40
toonrog99
The char’s are structured so they animate either on the bottom of the body or the top of the body with the rest of the body holding still and lifeless….and the way the char’s do a turn from one direction to the other is a very cheap way, but the design of the char’s lets the audience escape the reality of how a cartoon char. should move of the inbetweens without any inbetweens is what i say
April 27, 2020 at 16:35
toonrog99
gotta love the zaniness and the fast pace of the B.CLAMPETT great and laff a minute cartoooooooooooooon !!!
April 27, 2020 at 16:42
toonrog99
am refering to B. CLAMPETT cartoon of Tale of Two Kitties….