Sinkin’ In The Bathtub (1930)

Filed under: Animation, 1930s, Early Sound, Leon Schlesinger Studios, Looney Tunes, U.S.A., Warner Bros.,

Sinkin’ In The Bathtub

Directed by:

Harman & Ising

Hugh Harman

Rudy Ising

Producers:

Leon Schlesinger

Animated by:

Hugh Harman

Rudy Ising

Friz Frelang

Music by:

Frank Marsales

Studio:

Warner Bros. Animation

Release date:

19/04/1930

Running time:

7 min

Color process:

B&W

Synopsis

Both racist and a blatant ripoff of Mickey Mouse, this is the first Looney Tunes cartoon. It follows Bosko bathing and then having an adventure on a tiny anthropomorphic train, during this he courts Honey.

References:

IMDb. “Sinkin’ in the Bathtub.” IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021380/.

Markstein, Donald D. “Warner Bros. Cartoons.” Don Markstein’s Toonopedia: Warner Bros. Cartoons, http://www.toonopedia.com/warner.htm.