The Little Lion Hunter

The Little Lion Hunter
The Little Lion Hunter
Directed by	Charles Jones
Story by	Robert Givens
Produced by	Leon Schlesinger
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl W. Stalling
Animation by	Philip Monroe; Ken Harris; Rudy Larriva; Robert McKimson
Layouts by	Robert Givens
Backgrounds by	Paul Julian
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Leon Schlesinger Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	October 7, 1939;
Running time	7 minutes
Language	None

The Little Lion Hunter is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon released to theaters on October 7, 1939.^[1] This short was the first of a series of five films featuring the Inki and mynah bird characters.^[2]

Plot

Little African boy Inki is out hunting in the jungle with his spear, but has some difficulty in capturing any animals. He is also oblivious to the fact that a ferocious lion has selected him as prey and is sneaking up on him.

Home media

The Little Lion Hunter is available in an unrestored version on both the VHS tape The Best of Bugs Bunny and Friends and the laserdisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 2 (side 4).

Voice cast

Mel Blanc as the Lion (uncredited)

References

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 94. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

External links

The Little Lion Hunter at IMDb

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[1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[Beck-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. 94. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.

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