Sniffles Takes a Trip


1940 film
Sniffles Takes a Trip
Directed byCharles M. Jones
Story byDave Monahan
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Animation byPhil Monroe
Color processColor
Production
company
Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures[2]
Release dates
May 11, 1940 (Original)
August 1, 1953
(Blue Ribbon Reissue)[1]
Running time
8:21[2]
LanguageEnglish

Sniffles Takes a Trip is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.[3] The short was released on May 22, 1940, and stars Sniffles the mouse.[4]

Plot

Sniffles goes into the countryside hoping to enjoy nature there and escape city life.[5] He finds that the countryside is very scary and gets lost. Sniffles manages to escape as he much prefers the city over the countryside.

Cast and crew

  • The voice of Sniffles has been attributed to Margaret Hill-Talbot.[6]
  • Uncredited editor: Treg Brown
  • Uncredited orchestrator: Milt Franklyn[2]
  • Uuncredited layout artist: John McGrew
  • Uncredited background artist: Paul Julian

Home Media

  • Laserdisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes: Volume 1, Side 5 - Chuck Jones
  • DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6, Disc 1 - Bonus Feature (USA 1995 Turner print)
  • Blu-Ray/DVD – Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection, Disc 1 (restored)
  • Streaming - HBO Max

References

  1. ^ "Sniffles Takes a Trip (1940): Notes". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved September 20, 2021.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b c "Sniffles Takes a Trip (1940): Main". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved September 20, 2021.[dead link]
  3. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 102. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  4. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 136. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Piotr Borowiec (1998). Animated Short Films: A Critical Index to Theatrical Cartoons. Scarecrow Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8108-3503-0.
  6. ^ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voice Of The Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 41. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.

External links

Wikiquote has quotations related to Sniffles Takes a Trip.
  • Sniffles Takes a Trip at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • v
  • t
  • e
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse from Aesop's Fables by Aesop
Film
TVLiteratureOther
  • v
  • t
  • e
Short subjects
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1980s
1990s
Television
specials
Feature films
Television series
Books
Characters
Other works
  • Chuck Amuck: The Movie
  • Chuck Jones: Extremes & Inbetweens – A Life in Animation
Stub icon

This Merrie Melodies–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e